The play of light, deep in the Snake River Canyon, is muted in this image -- nearly flat. Yet that flat light evens out the scene and strengthens the autumnal colors. That color provides a contrast to the textures of the rugged rock wall of the canyon that move horizontally through this image. A very small vertical waterfall offers a subtle, shadowed, focal point-- a contrast to the horizontal sliver of river flowing across the bottom edge of the frame.