Palouse Glow

The Palouse hills and fields glows in this image taken just before sunset. I was here attending a workshop for four days in early June of 2012. While we had some wild wet weather we also enjoyed some lovely light to photograph this beautiful region of rolling hills of glacial silt know as loess soil. This image was made from Steptoe Butte, a 400 million year old quartzite butte protruding from the 15 million year old Columbia River basalts of the surrounding area. It is rather a daunting task at this location to decide just which way to point the lens. There are limitless opportunities for creative expression in all directions.