Simply tickled me to pieces

Mono Lake on Christmas Day

I didn’t have to do a whole lot for the shot that you’re looking at. Light did all the work for me.

All I had to do was simply replant my tripod, aim my camera at and compose a shot of the beautifully snow-covered Mono Dome and Lee Vining Peak with those little Tufa rocks floating in the water in the foreground.

I have to admit though that it is not always this easy and that there were times when it was extremely tricky to compose a shot when using a prime 24mm lens.

For instance, there were times when not enough room gave me a hard time planting the tripod with a few elements in the foreground in mind. In such cases, I simply didn’t have the luxury of changing focal length when using a 16-35mm lens.

Sometimes such a make or break situation challenges me and sometimes it takes time to compose a single shot.

And yet, it is the sharpness (as I demonstrated a few posts ago) and the almost nonexistent distortion across the entire frame that please my eye.

I also appreciate its light weight of under 1 lb (15.7 oz) tremendously. Yes, there are lightweight 16-35mm lenses, but none of them has the aperture of F-1.4.

Meanwhile, the tranquil view that you’re now looking at simply tickled me to pieces.

Mono Lake, CA
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