“Sierra Reflections” – Kings Canyon National Park Fine Art

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This is one of the first of many sunset photos I have taken in Kings Canyon National Park fine art that embodies the crazy amount of lakes and water, jagged ice carved granite peaks, alpine terrain, and amazing sunsets almost every night. “Sierra Reflections” is a testament to the fact that the greatest reward in landscape photography comes from being in the right place, at the right time, with a whole lot of effort to get to a roadless wilderness. This is a rare piece of the high country that encapsulates everything about the Sierra you can have in your home or office.
It took miles of hard ass granite trail, sore feet, and dodging a thunder and lightning storm to get to this spot. At nearly 11,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada backcountry, I stood at a quiet mountain lake in the Kearsarge Basin as the water perfectly mirrored the sky, the trees, and mountains. The sunset turned the sky a vibrant pink at the bottoms of the fluffy clouds and was reflected flawlessly on the surface of the water, with the rugged silhouette of University Peak mirrored in its stillness with an alpine pink glow. It was that exact moment—that perfect stillness and that incredible glow—that became this wilderness landscape photography print.
The day started on the east side of the range, climbing over Kearsarge Pass at 12,000 feet with the Kearsarge Pinnacles rising like stone towers in the distance. It wasn’t just a hike—it was the kind of wild corner of the world you can’t drive to, can’t shortcut to, and can’t really explain until you’ve stood there yourself. The effort kicks in as you approach the pass and then coming down in the valley where I took this was pretty exciting and you just want to set up camp and get the pack off, but the reward was a fleeting moment of pure, uninterrupted nature that few ever get to witness, let alone capture in this high resolution, highly detailed, large format print. Check out more of The Story and some other photos here.