I recently added over 30 new images to my website, all photographed in 2023, including this one. That also means I took off over 30 old images in order to make room. This image was taken in July at sunrise 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 take a decade at this elevation for a plant to get to the stage where it can grow flowers so the last thing I wanted to do was destroy the very thing that drew me to this spot in the first place.