This image is symbolic because its subject, the angel that crowns the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, is a symbol in itself. The image of the angel Moroni is commonly used as an unofficial symbol of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It faces eastward, where in 1823, it appeared to Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. and told him about golden plates containing Mormon gospel that were buried a few miles from Smith’s home. Smith translated the plates into the Book of Mormon and returned them to Moroni. Earlier, I had photographed the angel blowing its trumpet from the top of the temple (See that image by clicking on the thumbnail at the bottom.) This image is more abstract, because I photograph it from behind, as it moves away from us. Using a 334mm telephoto focal length, I tried to add tension and energy to the gilded figure glowing in the early morning light by pulling the viewer’s eye to it through a screen of softly focused trees.