What a beautiful day for a snowshoe jaunt in the mountains of Colorado. I was amazed at the topography while going on up in the gondola. I knew that I wanted to find some dynamic patterns that were created by the snow, wind and trees. I had my tripod, and my backpack with all of my equipment as well.

I have always been fascinated with the aspen trees. They look as if they have eyes and seemed to be following me. The skiers were everywhere and I had all I could do to preserve the area that I wanted to photograph without having someone ski right around me and possibly upend my equipment or myself.