Peter Lik
Autumn Mist
Deer Valley, Utah
Peter Lik is a famous landscape photographer known for his exotic and vibrant use of colors along with panoramic landscape scenes. Born in Australia, Lik took a brave step and moved to the United States in 1984. Here he was introduced to the medium format panoramic camera. Completely self taught, Lik took off from there and began traveling the world to find the perfect landscapes. Some of his work includes pictures from all 50 states, shacks, forests, mountains, and rivers. I picked Peter Lik to write about because I have been to his gallery in Las Vegas, NV and fell in love with his work. Also, I watch his show on the weather channel from time to time. This particular shot is fascinating because of the yellow and orange that jump off the picture. Lik was in Utah searching for the perfect shot. He had an idea in his head of what he wanted but the weather was too pretty. So, he waited for days until a storm came over and finally got this shot in Deer Valley.
This shot is so mysterious due to the fog that hangs above the trees and seeps down in the background. The orange and yellow leaves are vibrant and cold at the same time and give the picture life from the gray/dead looking trunks of the trees. I don't believe this picture would have been as successful as it is if it was not a panoramic view. The panoramic view allows us to be involved in the scene and make us feel like we are there. What makes this picture so unique is that we could all go to this same spot, but probably not even come close to getting the same result. Lik captures such a unique angle and his style of boosting the natural colors is beyond anything I have ever seen before.
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