When visiting our magnificent national
parks it’s hard not to settle for traditional landscape photographs of the epic kind. Certainly, Grand Canyon National Park north or south compels us to capture its vast beauty. Not
frequently enough I will take the time, look more closely and discover a more intimate jewel like the Cliff Rose (or so I believe) depicted here. And, after all, I
am a card carrying gnarly tree fan. That the Cliff Rose may be a shrub doesn't diminish the point being made. To wit, dig a little deeper. There's good stuff lurking beneath the obvious.
I've rendered this image high key to focus
attention on the intricate subject. I've blown out the background so that
nothing competes with the twisted Cowderia Mexicana. In the original capture the mesas beyond are visible.
Below is the image from which this came.
Nice comparison, what?