better left unsaid

I say this a lot, but this part of BC really is one of my favourite places. It’s just so big. Every­thing is big. Big sky, big moun­tains, big lakes and rivers, big ani­mals, big every­thing. I can’t help but feel really small in places like this, like I’m part of some­thing big­ger and more impor­tant. I think that’s a feel­ing that’s com­pletely unknown to most peo­ple these days. Mod­ern life is mostly about “me”, but out there, “me” is the small­est, most insignif­i­cant thing in sight.

This shot was taken look­ing south down the lake. To the north was a huge storm front. The sky was black and com­pletely omi­nous. Another of the big things in those parts. I love the lines in the sand and the clouds over the moun­tain peaks.

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Cam­era: Minolta Maxxum 7000i
Lens: Sigma 28–70
Fil­ter: #25A red
Film: Ilford XP2
Devel­oper: C41
Devel­op­ment: Lab processed in C41 chem­istry
Date: June, 2001
Loca­tion: 50.83920,-118.07841
Copy­right: 2001 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.

Tags: 35mm · blackandwhite · britishcolumbia · mountains
Posted in: Photographs
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