Alien Landscape

I don’t think I could say it any better than this diary extract from the day….

“But today, after a fairly clear night sky I was able to make out more of the peaks in the distance. Not knowing the area well, I thought I’d look out for the same peaks I had seen in a photo on the hotel room wall, but couldn’t see the same contours anywhere.
I was the first person up the mountain and after some time was joined by another two photographers, so I figured the spot couldn’t be too bad. I rugged up with my jacket and coat to keep warm and my cold hands fumbled around with the camera. I was very careful though because one wrong move would drop the camera right off the cliff face.

As the sky gradually lightened, I could see that I was overlooking a series of tall and narrow mountain peaks. I also saw a cloud sea off into the distance, it was a real sight. Eventually the sun rose over the clouds as the mists blew in and wrapped themselves around the peaks, it was everything I had been waiting to see. I could with the changing lighting conditions, it was the best time of the day for sure.”

(2015, China)

This photograph was published in the 2025 Natural Landscape Photography Awards (NLPA) book.