A seaplane climbs into the sky over our heads, leaving the city of Victoria in its wake. I made the plane seem very small by using a 28mm wideangle focal length for this photograph. Yet despite its small scale, the plane is still the focal point of the image because of its placement in center of the frame. I layer this vista with four levels of content, starting with the dark sea at the bottom, then the small strand of buildings on the edge of Victoria’s harbor, and on up through a layer of clouds to the utterly rich blue sky overhead. This visit is about flight itself – a small plane frees itself from the earth and soars above the clouds into a limitless blue void.