I recently added over 30 new images to my website, all photographed in 2023, including this one. That also means I took over 30 old images off in order to make room. This image was taken in July at sunset from above tree line in the Centennial Range of Idaho. The backlighting on the wildflowers was beautiful and fortunately there were some nice clouds in the sky to balance out the image. Even though I was using a tripod, I was still down on my belly to photograph this scene. I had to be very careful with where I moved so I didn’t crush any other plants nearby. It can literally take a decade of growing at this elevation for a plant to get to the stage where it can grow flowers and the last thing I wanted to do was destroy the very thing that drew me to this spot in the first place.