Black and white photo of glacier-polished granite slabs and peaks in the Big Arroyo, Sequoia National Park.

Glaciated Ground

Big Arroyo, Sequoia National Park, California

A flat grey afternoon over bare, glacier-scoured rock — in colour it is worth nothing at all. Monochrome turns the slabs structural: fracture lines become leading lines, and the separation between polished stone and shadowed cracks carries what colour could not. I set the horizon high and gave the foreground two thirds of the frame, because here the ground is the subject and the peaks are only the backstop.

Nikon Z 7_2 · NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S · 24mm · f/11 · 1/100 · ISO 40

July 16, 2026

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