Elk At The "Golden Hour"

     How many Sundays have I shown you photos that I took the previous evening while driving down Hinkelman Road?  Well, here is another one.  

    Every Saturday evening we drive out to visit friends who live on Hinkelman.  Once winter is over and we start getting longer days, the sun is positioned very low at the far end of the Robson Valley.  This creates the “Golden Hour”, when the low positioned sun creates some beautiful and colorful lighting on the things it illuminates.

    I took this photo shortly after 8:00 PM, as we were driving back home.  The male elk was nicely standing in the sunlight with dark shadowed trees behind him.  It was also nice that Beaver Mountain was jutting up in the background.   You can also see some of the male elk’s harem scattered around behind him. 

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