I composed this image out of color itself. By moving in to isolate the snow covered red and green bushes in my frame, and using background entirely of yellow leaves, I create not only seasonal contrasts, but color contrasts as well. The rich yellow, a primary color, provides a vibrant, incongruous context for the snow-covered bushes. It ironic that snow, the subject of this picture, provides the most neutral color in this composition. This photograph expresses seasonal change – the end of fall and the coming of winter – in the Eastern Sierra.