This image was taken while I was hiking in the Uinta Mountains in North-Eastern Utah. It was taken with a simple 3.1MP Digital Point and Shoot camera several years back, when I first started with digital photography.  Even though I've since upgraded my camera equipment several times, I still think that first camera produced great color and clarity, and this is still one of my favorite pictures.

Before buying the camera used for this picture, I used a 35mm film SLR; however, the film and processing costs were expensive and I couldn't afford to experiment too much.  Once I made the switch to digital, it no longer mattered if it took hundreds of photographs, which made it possible to experiment and improve my skills.  Eventually, I had a few dozen pictures that I really liked, and ultimately programmed The Lens Flare to display them.  Fast forward a few years, and now The Lens Flare has a few thousand members and thousands of visitors per month.  It was designed to be family-friendly, and is one of the more popular photography communities on the web.

Tags: nature photography, photography