If it is the colours that Isaac is perhaps finding questionable in this shot and I am just being slow on the uptake at realising his intent, then maybe I should explain the shot in a little more detail - this was taken at the height of the autumn foliage colours in that area and also just after dawn, the light you see on the mountains and their reflection is
Alpenglow, whereby the pinkish/red colours from the dawn that is happening directly behind me, is then being reflected by the sky (or rather particles of moisture higher up in the air) onto the mountains in front of me and then mixing with the colour of the rock of the mountains. They were also burning lots of trees at the time I was there, so the lighter wispy hues on the mountains lower down in the middle background, are due to the effects of the smoke wafting through valley, which was annoying to say the least, but as I was there on holiday, I had to work with what was available to me at the time.
So as I say, these are the colours that nature (and the park rangers with their fires) were being presented to me at the time and so that is how I took the shot. I know it is not a great shot, or anything I would ever intend printing or hanging on my wall, it is just my version of this iconic location as it looked that cold bright October morning. I thought it may also act as an opener for a general discussion about the futility or otherwise, of re-photographing a scene that has been photographed many millions of times before, with my thoughts for this particular location and my version of it being, that the reason it has been over-photographed in the first place, is just because it is so beautiful and so why not have a go at it, but just don't expect anyone to look at it and go Wow! I have never seen anything like that before
Dave
