Sepia tone is a variant of black and white imagery – it is nearly as monochromatic, only its tint can add symbolic meaning. This is the same Bull Moose that I photographed on the chase in the subsequent image. An hour earlier, I found it surveying a dry wash running along side of the Snake River. By converting the image from color to black and white and then applying a sepia tone, I made this image even more symbolic and timeless in nature. It could have been made a century ago. The moose becomes master of all it surveys here – a universe of ancient rock. I use sepia tones very sparingly, almost always to add the patina of age to an image.