26 July 2010

Looking toward Mount Oberlin, Glacier National Park, July 26, 2010

Overlooking Going-to-the-Sun Road toward Mount Oberlin in Glacier National Park, July 2010. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

There is harsh sunlight out here. I have pushed the contrast and saturation up, which also serves to simplify the scene, reducing it to a plant, a road, and a mountain. The lines in the leaves mirror the lines on the distant mountain. Though the road bisects the top and bottom, there is an implied line created by the stream leading to the shadowy ridge that reconnects the elements in the scene.