This is one of those rare times when the last shot of the morning turns out to be my favorite.  I had been up for sunrise, near that hill in the lower part of the frame.  The first minutes of daylight had a powerful glow, with just enough clouds to add some life to the scene.  As the morning progressed, the light continued to change with the building clouds.  After taking photographs for more than 2 hours, I thought I had exhausted all the possibilities, and was heading back down the trail.  I turned around in time to see this, and fire off a couple shots.  The saturation didn’t have the pop that was present in my early morning pics, but that didn’t matter.  I knew right away this was meant to be in b&w.

You will see this photo along with those of other bloggers in Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness this week.