As the sun rises, its low rays set desert plants such as these aglow. I use my spot meter to expose for the highlighted plants. Because the black hill beneath them is still in shadow, the illuminated plants seem to float over the ground below them. I isolated this particular grouping of plants because they symbolize a community. They form a circle around a plant that appears that does not appear to be as healthy as most of the others. It becomes an image about survival and renewal.