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A young boy, no older than 12, is intensely focused on climbing a steep, rocky hillside in the San Juan National Forest, specifically along the Piedra River. He is scrambling upwards on his hands and knees. He is carrying a fishing rod held securely in one hand. The hill is covered in dry dirt and scattered small rocks with ponderosa pines and aspen trees in the landscape. Just ahead and slightly above him is a dense scrub oak). Behind this bush, the head of a cougar is visible, watching the boy climbing towards him unaware. Far below, at the bottom of the hillside, a clear, meandering mountain stream (the Piedra River) sparkles under twilight. The atmosphere is quiet, tense, capturing the stark beauty of the remote Colorado wilderness.
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Beyond photographic detail creating images more vivid than reality itself, often focusing on reflective surfaces and microscopic details.