Attitude Adjustment

I spent last weekend in Rocky Mtn. NP in some of the most dreadful weather I've experienced in quite some time. We arrived Friday night to dark skies, rain and wind. Our plan was to shoot sunrise at Sprague Lake on Saturday morning, follwed by a climb up Flattop Mountain that afternoon. Not a single ray of sunlight fought through the clouds for sunrise, so I gave up and headed into town for breakfast. After breakfast, we hit the trail up Flattop in a drizzle. A little over a mile up the trail, the big snowflakes started to fall, the wind picked up and the temperature quickly dropped. We decided to turn around and make our way down the trail back to the shuttle station. I was quite disappointed to have given up a sunrise shoot AND a summit bid and was not in the best of moods. Near the bottom of the trail, I spotted this crooked aspen growing around a protruding rock. For some reason, seeing the perseverance of the little tree to grow despite the odd conditions buoyed my spirits. The beautiful golden leaves of fall were simply the icing on the cake. So, I busted out the camera and tripod and fired off a few frames in the perfectly overcast, diffuse light. Perhaps I'm just attached to this image because of the conditions in which it was made, but I really enjoy it! Thanks for taking the time to read my babbles and view the photo.

EOS 1V, 28-70mm lens, 81A filter, Velvia 100f