I had envisioned a composition like this for a long time but I knew it would take the perfect mix of setting, light, and clouds. This afternoon, I was standing in the middle of the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada shooting in the other direction from this scene. As I often do when I am in the field taking pictures, I turned around to see what else I might be missing. To my surprise, this vista was right there next to me. I had missed it on the way in because the mountains were fully socked in with clouds. Timing is everything!