The key to landscape photography is light, and the best light for photography comes just after dawn or at dusk. The Three Gorges of China’s Yangtze river are as beautiful as any riverscape on earth, but I still needed be able to shoot it in warm, low angled light such as this to get the most out of such a scene. This image reminds me of the 19th Century paintings of New York’s Hudson River Valley – the hills, the mist, smooth water, and an old boat about to touch land. Even small details such as the boat’s shimmering reflection on the water and the tiny figures on the bow of the ferry are dependent upon the angle of the light. The tinge of warm gold, and the four levels of land rising through the frame, complete a timeless vision of a river soon to vanish forever, as it becomes a reservoir for Three Gorges Dam Project.