Stranger

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A photo of Mt. Fuji in the center background, its snow-covered peak rising above a band of clouds under a blue sky. In the lower right corner, the back of a person's head is visible — dark hair, glasses — as they look toward the mountain. Bare tree branches extend across the upper left of the frame, and a few evergreen trees are visible at the base of the mountain.

50mm, 1/500, F 1/11, ISO 100

The theme here isn’t really Mt. Fuji — it’s the person who can’t look away from it. It was almost accidental; framing a stranger in the corner of the shot while they’re completely absorbed in the view turns the mountain into something more than a landmark; it becomes a moment of someone else’s awe that I’ve happened to catch.