I don’t claim to have any ability to properly pre-visualize a photo while I’m in the field, but I try …
This pic, however, I saw as a finished image before I put the camera on the tripod. The light was soft and the trail, which still had ice on other (this was back in April) had a pale, almost luminous squality. Most important, I think, is that I saw how I would burn down the sides to create a dark tunnel like effect to the trees on the opposite side, which in my mind, looked like a doorway …
The headline borrows from Ryan Holiday and his book on stoic philosophy …
This is the straight print without burning. Notations on the side are the print times …