Autumn in the Mountains

I return again and again to the mountains; not just physically, but in my thoughts. It is a place of total peace and beauty for me; balm to the soul and tonic to the mind. Ever changing, ever fresh. The view, like life itself, surprises constantly, even though the details of the landscape are familiar. It is once again a matter of seeing things from a fresh angle, in a new way, which I suppose is what photography is all about too. Up in these mountains one doesn't have to be much of an artist –nature takes care of the lighting, the colour, the contrasts and the subject matter, and all the photographer needs to do is point his camera in any of a dozen directions. Yet sometimes one feels particularly grateful for having managed to capture a moment and an atmosphere, with all its freshness, its sounds and part of one's own soul. This was one such occasion. Location: Valdres, Norway