Credits
| Acquisitions Editor: Courtney Allen |
| Project Editor: Matthew Buchanan |
| Technical Editor: Chris Bucher |
| Copy Editor: Matthew Buchanan |
| Editorial Manager: Robyn Siesky |
| Business Manager: Amy Knies |
| Senior Marketing Manager: Sandy Smith |
| Vice President and Executive Group Publisher: Richard Swadley |
| Vice President and Publisher: Barry Pruett |
| Book Designer: Phyllis Davis |
| Media Development Project Manager: Laura Moss |
| Media Development Assistant Project Manager: Jenny Swisher |
Front piece: In blustery weather, gray clouds gathered over the Alabama Hills of Eastern California as the sun battled to emerge. In my bones it felt like “rainbow weather”—so I was ready with a polarizing filter on my lens when a strong rainbow did emerge.
200mm, circular polarizer, 1/200 of a second at f/7.1 and ISO 200, hand held
Title page: High in the White Mountains along the California-Nevada border the eye can travel long distances. In this composition, I tried to emphasize this sense of endless horizon by positioning the road on the right to lead the viewer up and to the left in the composition.
28mm, 1/15 of a second at f/22 and ISO 100, tripod mounted
Above and pages 10–11: As the sun came up, it lit the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where the remains of an overnight storm lingered, soon to be chased away by the warmth of the new day.
29mm, 1/50 of a second at f/8 and ISO 100, tripod mounted
Page 6: Often, El Capitan seems to guard the approaches to Yosemite Valley like a stone giant—so I was pleased to stumble on a vantage point that provides a somewhat unusual view of a “kinder, gentler” El Capitan in a composition with the Merced River in the foreground.
10.5mm digital fisheye, 1/4 of a second at f/22 and ISO 100, tripod mounted
