See also: https://overcomplicated.systems/p/fedward/891798003890496023

See also: https://overcomplicated.systems/p/fedward/870444986625047121

This is another one where I like the framing, but my 2001 era digital camera (a Nikon CoolPix 880) just didn't have the sensor performance to do it justice.

Almost every time that I try adjusting photos to bring out certain colors, I end up reverting to the out-of-camera JPEG because Olympus is better at such things than I am. Sunset photos always push the sensor and built-in RAW processing a little too far, though, so this one does have some color processing to try to match the palette I remember. Right now I don't think it looks overcooked, but I may change my mind later.

This photo is a little bit of a lie, in that this easily accessed part of the trail was actually quite busy, and I paused for this shot just long enough to let the people ahead of me disappear around the next bend.

Also FWIW the photo fails to capture the air (crisp, only slightly pine scented) and the exceptional springiness of the trail itself, which was almost like those fancy mats children's playgrounds have now. It was special.

I mock, but when you look at the isolated core of the building this way the series of ledges does seem like a natural interaction with the site, much as a Prairie House spreads horizontally on a flat landscape.