This scene was the grand finale to a fantastic finish to a week-long photography trip into the Canadian Rockies. My friend Jeremy Jackson and I had spent several days making images of this small group of trees surrounded by water only a few meters from our campground. Although the autumn colour was fantastic, the wind was annoyingly persistent, and with each passing day, the autumnal colour started to blow away before our eyes. On the last day of our trip, the winds subsided to a mere breath of wind, and I was able to finally get the shot that I was after.