Whatever success this image may have as expression is due to its composition. I anchored the photograph around the double line on the road. It functions as a “leading line” – drawing the eye deeply into the image, and then suddenly vanishing as the road drops away down a steep hill. We are pulled over the hill and led to the majestic red sandstone cliff at its base. That leading line gives this image a three dimensional effect by stressing implied depth perception. The deep brown road (yes, the roads in Zion are reddish brown), flanked by green bushes, fills almost half the image, while the huge cliff at is base reflects the pinkish glow of the setting sun remaining in the sky. The faint pink clouds in the sky are laced with horizontal lines that echo the horizontal grooves on the face of the cliff. Even the distant background adds context by including a group of purple mountains flowing to the right hand edge of the image. Everything in this image is working together to stress to idea: the glory of Zion National Park.