Diamond Dawn and Chasm Lake

Chasm Lake and the great east face, the Diamond, of Longs Peak. The Diamond is unofficially considered the finest mountain wall in Colorado, rivaled by few others (the face of Crestone Needle being a notable example). Nicer enlarged. A closer view of the Diamond (picture and caption revised and resubmitted from earlier today) Rocky Mountain National Park, CO-- August 2003 Full Disclosure-- Although I am normally strongly against doing so, I adjusted the brightness and saturation to produce this image. This is a scan of a negative. The original print was pretty good, but a recent reprint by a different developer was far inferior to the original. Rather than go through the hassle of getting the developer to do a better job, I chose to use my computer in an effort to make this image match the original print as closely as possible. This is not, therefore, how I wish the scene had looked or how I'd like you to think it looked but rather my best effort to match what I originally got with my camera. I could have made the picture look far more dramatic if I'd wanted to.