Grandeur can often be implied, rather than shown. In this case, the image shows less and says more. We shot the Tetons at dawn, under heavy cloud cover. We watched the clouds gradually lift, revealing the peaks beneath them. Grand Teton, at far left of the frame, is still obscured, but the sun is already striking the top of one of Mount Owen’s twin peaks. The word “grandeur” means “impressive splendor.” This 13,000 foot high mountain peak is impressive in scale to begin with. Nature simultaneously abstracts it with gilded clouds, while it gradually reveals its glacier-covered face in golden light. I zoomed my telephoto lens only half way out, making this image at about 200mm. By not filling the entire frame with the peak, I am able to include sun-splashed slope as context and neighboring clouds to help make this a larger than life image.