It was, I like the effect as it "pops" the vehicle out of the background. I am starting to get in to the whole photo thing. I am green at it, so I look forward to getting out this summer to put together some nice trip reports.
We got to the top and took the Phoenix mine road back to the frontage road about .5 mile west of Idaho springs. We also met up with some guys that made it up spring creek and were coming back down cascade.