This image is my personal favorite of the gallery. It was taken well after sunset, in the darkening mood of a very mature grove of tall aspens. This place was very quiet. Solitary. I used my widest angle lens to achieve some separation between the foreground 'twins' and the background aspens, to enhace the lonely atmosphere of the place. The colorful ground cover seems to glow from within. I have several variants of this composition, but none are as rich or as effective as this study. I love the fact that the right third of the image is not consistent, or balanced in tone, with the left third - that there is almost an unexpected void in that area which adds tension. Another stand of white aspen trunks on the right would balance the composition a bit too well. I prefer this 'unbalanced' approach here, with the two foreground aspens lending stability and compositional foundation, and an aire of solitude.