No offense to anyone who takes pictures of Colorado in color, but I think that's the easy way to do it. While I appreciate doing things the easy way, I can also appreciate, usually more so, the benefits of having to learn things the hard way. In other words, experience has proven to me that life's best learned lessons have more often been the hardest learned. Given this logic, I've challenged myself to limit my Rocky Mountain photography to black and white. Fortunately with mountain ranges, contrast is as much a visual element as color and size are. And during Spring in the Rockies, the contrast of dark and light clouds, snow above the timberline, and a wide range of shades of green below demonstrate contrast well. Since Rocky Mountain National Park is less than an hour away from my front door, I thought I'd drive up there and begin practicing. The image above is my first try. I'm sorry I didn't pay attention to the name of the peak. I'll try to remember to find out and post it here when I do.