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Against a background of stark rugged mountain peaks, two red planes have landed. The small fixed-wing aircraft make a scarlet slash on the otherwise pure white snow. In the foreground, and all across the snowfield, landing gear tracks have formed a crisscross pattern. The mountain peaks in the background are just one of the horizontal stripes in the scene: sky, mountains, snow, tracks, and lane wings all stretching wide, to embrace the vast landscape. Although not many colors are represented in this image, all of the colors here are bold and bright: the flaming red of the planes, the bright white of snow and clouds, and the dynamic darkness of the surrounding mountains are all as breathtaking as the territory around them.

This is Mount McKinley, in Alaska's Denali National Park, as viewed from a glacier.

I've always loved looking at nature, drifting along with the ever-changing clouds, stopping to smell the roses. God's creation gives an abundant and ever changing variety of subjects for me to capture. I enjoy photographing all of nature, from the wide vistas of mountains and valleys, right down to spiders, butterflies, and dewdrops. I bought my first camera, a Canon AE-1, in 1979, and practiced and experimented and asked questions. I still ask questions and read blogs; but I've never taken a formal course or workshop. I switched to digital in 2000, which allows more experimenting, with instant feedback, so I can correct a shot immediately. My current camera is a Nikon D-90, with a 28-300 and a macro. Although I'm digital, I don't use...