By framing Mount Moran vertically, I stress the flow of dark clouds that gather around its 12,600-foot high summit, as well as the reflection of its glacier in the Snake River below. A moment earlier, I photographed the same scene in a horizontal frame ( http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/104710882 ), eliminating most of the clouds and making the mountain larger in the process. These images express their ideas in differing ways – this vertical shot draws the eye from river to sky, while the horizontal shot sweeps across the mountain range and its reflection. This image expresses its idea through a vertical sweep of moisture -- we move from the river and its reflection, to the glacier, and finally to the rain laden clouds overhead. Without those clouds, the scene would not be as expressive.