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WARM AND COOL CONTRAST
Reflection Lakes: Rainier’s Last Light
The sun was close to the horizon and the forest below had already dropped into shadow, but the mountain was still catching the day’s last light. The upper slopes glowed in soft gold and peach, while the snowfields and glaciers stayed cool and pale. The dense evergreen ridge sat in deep shade, a dark band that makes the lit summit stand out even more. The lake was calm and the reflection carries the same glow in the lower half of the frame, fading into the water.
I love the symmetry of this frame, but the warm and cool contrast stands out most: gold on the peak and the glowing water on the left, against the blue-gray sky and shadowed forest. I left the tiny needles and debris floating on the surface, because they show the water is real and still.
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