The Story Behind This Shot

A long exposure at Maroon Lake in Aspen, Colorado that turns a busy blue sky into soft streaks of cloud sweeping over the Maroon Bells while the water below stays glassy. The peak, the green slope, and the fallen logs in the foreground all repeat in the reflection. Slowing the shutter down is how you get daytime motion out of a mountain that is usually shot at dawn. A bold, high-contrast mountain and water print with plenty of graphic punch.