Natural Fall Frame . . .

Sometimes nature naturally presents a framed picture.

good choice to use the angles of the fallen and standing aspens (?) as the focus. too many "natural" and landscapes offer nothing more than an ordinary view of trees and terrain. Nicely done.

I would frankly prefer a rather ordinary picture of this extraordinary country.

a calm scene, but the birches say "don't go there'!

Stephan, I'm with Matt on this one. The foreground Aspens set this scene apart from the ordinary by providing an unusual framing element. A colourful but rather ordinary scene without them. The soft lighting allowed much shadow detail and saturated colours to be revealed. Best, LM.