When Mountains Look Unreal

Sometimes landscapes play curious tricks, like these mountains in the middle of Norway. They look decidedly unreal – like half-completed background "flats" in a theatre. Maybe it was the light, or the fact that I took this picture through the window of a bus, or perhaps it's the unusual marked outline of the mountains, giving them the appearance of a crudely drawn picture. If this was the background in a film there would surely be cries of "how fake!", but no, these are real. I thought it made for an interesting picture with the green in the foreground and the uncertain clouds behind. Mountains are curious things though, they seldom look the same twice and change according to mood and light and season. Perhaps here they were just feeling a bit flat! Location: Jotunheimen, Norway