Excepts from Mountain Light : In Search of the Dynamic Landscape by Galen Rowell (continued)

Most amateur photographers think of landscapes simply as objects to be photographed. They tend to forget that they are never photographing an object, but rather light itself. When there is no light, they will have no picture; where there is remarkable light, they may have a remarkable picture. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something  earth bound to match it with. The best images that result from this process look like visual riddles with unexpected answers; and like verbal riddles, visual riddles have been created by starting with the answers then working backward.