When I use the wideangle lens for landscapes, I will often try to create an emphatic foreground subject by moving in on it, while squeezing the background into the image at the top and leaving out as much sky as I can. (The only time I will include the sky as a major element in my images is when it contains dramatic cloud formations or expressive coloration.) In this image, made with a 28mm wideangle lens, I stress the day’s first light as it grazes the flowers of the massed sage in the foreground. This light is then repeated in the background along the edges of the ancient limestone towers that line Mono Lake. It is a surreal, primitive scene, giving the viewer a unique sense of place.