Not that he needs anyhting, but he was a great inspiration to me as both a climber and artist. When I saw these pudgy rocks and their colourful lichens, a connection was made immediately. I know there's a compositional rule or two being broken with this, but all my other framing efforts lacked the same sense of whimsy.
That may seem like an overdramatic title until you realise the dark blue band along the horizon is actually the Earth's shadow. In this image you are looking west at the end of the civil twilight that preceeds dawn. The heavily faceted quartz crystals in the granite errily reflect the alpenglow as though they are glowing from inside. Veedauwoo itself is an overdramatic location that has on more than one occasion tried to kill me. I still love it, though, and was glad to be there in the warm morning braced with the rocks for the last sunrise of summer.
