In his caption, Tom Talbot says "I couldn't resist posting just one more of these shots of Phil composing his photos. I took this shot of Phil at Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park. When he showed his resulting photograph at an evening get-together, it was truly inspiring to see how in a national park where everyone is looking up, simply looking down for a moment can reveal some of the most beautiful sights the park has to offer." Click on the thumbnail at the bottom to see the photograph that I was composing when Tom took this shot of me.

I like the shot because it expresses how absorbed I become when I am making my photographs. I also love the scale incongruity of this image -- it gives the viewer an excellent idea as to just how big those trees are, and how small man's efforts can be when weighed against nature's accomplishments. Ironically, the image I was shooting was also about scale incongruity. That's why I named the image I was making, "The Large and Small of it." Tom is a pbase photographer. You can see his galleries at http://www.pbase.com/tomtalbot