Lijiang’s most famous landmark is this towering 18,360-foot high mountain. Its 13 sharp peaks resemble the back of a dragon. Its snow-covered peak is one of the southernmost glaciers in the world. An early morning storm is just lifting from the summit. Nature made this image for me. Without the clearing storm at the summit, all I would have is another picture of a mountain peak. What I was given, however, was a glimpse of lifting clouds in the warm glow of dawn light. I was able to abstract the lower half of the mountain by shooting through a stand of trees. Their jagged edges rhythmically repeat the jagged peak of the mountain. I owe this image, and indeed all of my Lijiang images to pbase photographers Alister and Allie Benn. ( http://www.pbase.com/alibenn ) Alister took me to this particular vantage point, one he obviously knows well. He told me that this mountain is often fogged in at dawn. I was very grateful to be able to see the peak in this kind of light