Shot of the Day – 29 - Flathead Lake, Montana

Moody Flathead Lake, Montana (30 September 2018)

Back in the ‘70’s when I was in grad school, Jerry Schurr was a popular artist. His painted landscapes with layers of land that faded into the distance were turned into popular poster art for poor students to cover the flaws in their low-rent walls and dorm rooms.

San Andraes by Jerry Schurr (from Google Images)

On the way to Glacier National Park, we stopped for lunch at Betty’s Diner in Polson, Montana. Across the street from the diner is the south shore of Flathead Lake. With a surface area of 195 square miles, it is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.

Wide angle perspectives certainly capture the vastness of certain landscape scenes and we often want to include as much of a beautiful view as possible. For me, there are times when I’d rather zoom in for a more minimalist perspective and, in the Schurr tradition, emphasize the layers.