Valley South of Boulder, Utah

Looking dwon into a valley, May 8, 2005
My friends and I pulled to the side of the road for a few minutes to check out the view of this valley. We liked the pattern of trees growing along the stream at the bottom, but it was too bright and sunny to get a good compostion--too much contrast. So instead of setting up our tripods and fancy cameras, a couple of us just pulled out our digital "point and shoots." We walked carefully toward the edge of the drop-off, snapped a few frames, and got back in the car. The deciduous trees along the stream appear very light green because it was early in the growing season and their leaves were still very young. At higher elevations, the trees were still bare and there was some snow on the ground.