This is an abstracted vista. I try to show less and in doing so, say more about how I felt as I watched the sun emerge on the horizon. Using a spot meter, I exposed for the sun itself in order to hold the color in the sunrise. The rest of the image is in shadow, abstracting the glories of Bryce Canyon. Yet just as our eyes would search these shadows in life, they will search the dark two thirds of this frame for the story at hand. There are wondrous things in this vista, such as richly colored cliffs bearing hoodoos that resemble ancient castles by the dawn’s early light. Using a photoshop mask, I was able to bring out just enough of them to tease the imagination. And the human imagination is where expressive photographs can do their best work.