"Culmination:" the beauty of contrasts. Sand dunes, mountains, snow, a sunset glowing in the clouds. When we experience one of these, we often pause to appreciate the sight. When we experience them together, we stand in awe and marvel at the beauty. The more fleeting the  moment, the more powerful the impact. We are awakened by the rare. Star Dune, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. 

For Boulder, Colorado photographer Michael Gabriel of Beyond the Precipice Photography, the goal is to embrace the therapy that nature provides for us. To take a moment, allowing the rest of life's worries to melt away and quietly allow ourselves to absorb the visual feast before us. We so easily get lost in the pace of our world. Little by little, we are lulled to sleep thinking that checking email and climbing corporate ladders are the answer. Nature provides us with a reset button. A moment of clarity that allows us to put life's priorities back in order. 

Winner will receive Culmination, 52"x36" gallery canvas wrapped in custom hand-crafted black frame lovingly made of Colorado pine ('floating' on recessed white internal frame.