The Power of B & W

I've wanted to get a good picture of Long's Peak, one of Colorado's 8 or 9 most difficult peaks, ever since I climbed it four years ago, but I never found a view that showed its real grandeur among the rest of the Rockies, until Susan and I and Addy and Julie hiked to a lookout spot in Garden Gate Canyon State Park a bit south of Boulder in the Front Range. Below is what I got on my first attempt. Below that, from a slightly different spot, is the Photoshopped view (think Ansel Adams!).