A late afternoon, low angled sun brings out the texture of the sheer granite cliffs of Yosemite’s towering El Capitan. I deliberately restricted the frame of this image to only part of the cliff, thereby stressing its texture instead of its shape or form. I wrap the textured cliff within a large contrasting “C” shaped area of dark vegetation, and poke at the side of the cliff with tiny sprigs of leaves to echo the flow of El Capitan’s ancient granite and give the image a sense of dimension and scale. Once again, this is a landscape photograph that does not “show” the whole subject. Rather, it appeals to the imagination of the viewer to fill in the details.