In the Alpine mountains, when the sun’s shining in Spring time, there’s nothing better than finding a dramatic glacial gorge to set a portrait against. The sumptuous f7.1 bokeh of the 200mm L-series lens gives just enough detail to make out the imposing contours, but not too much that it distracts from the sharply contrasting foreground of the skier. Also I felt like some negative space would work well on the left 2/3 of the shot to liven things up a bit – why not?! Great fun to shoot (though a real pain to get the camera and lenses up there!!!)

Shot on a Canon EOS 5D mk3, 70-200mm lens at 200mm, f 7.1, ISO 100, 1/500 sec