The real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeing new landscapes,
but in having new eyes.
– Marcel Proust
In mid-October, 2004, my friend Kevin Raber and I were on a two-day shoot together in and near Algonquin Park in North-Central Ontario, Canada. It had been a most lovely Fall, with warm days and lingering fall colour. Kevin was shooting with a Mamiya 645 and Phase One P25, 22 Megapixel back, and I was shooting with my Contax 645 and 16 Megapixel Kodak DCS Pro Back. Camera gear aside (not to mention P25 envy on my part), we had a very enjoyable time shooting, and each of us came away with a surprising number of strong photographs. Kevin, for the record, is the U.S. Vice President of Sales for Phase One, and incidentally, quite a fine photographer in his own right.

It was late afternoon, and the low Autumn sun was only 90 minutes from setting. We were hurrying, trying to get to the Park in time for sunset, But as we passed a small tree-shaded lake, the low sun filtered...