Window of Confession by Timothy Poulton

Window of Confession by Timothy Poulton

One of the most significant challenges as a landscape photographer in the digital age is finding new compositions at popular locations. Ten years ago, places like Patagonia, Iceland, and national parks in the US were free of the hordes of photographers making their way to Instagram bucket list shots like lines at the grocery store. As a photographer, we have to embrace the challenge of finding new compositions, even if the location has been plastered all over the internet. It’s everything in landscape photography! Alabama Hills in the Sierra Nevada is one of those locations that get a fair amount of traffic; just look at all the tracks and campervans parked everywhere. The most popular area is Mobius Arch, and no matter what time of day or year, you’ll find photographers climbing all over it, getting in each other’s ways to add another feather to their bow. Some places are more difficiult than others, but we have to try and be creative, it’s a big planet. My version of Alabama Hills I found this sweet window in the metamorphosed volcanic rock with a view of the incredible peaks around Mt Whitney. Not the most comfortable composition, I had to build a rock stack to get my tripod in the right position and focus stack with the Nikon Z7 to create this scene.

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