Crystal Calm

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The lake was mirror-still when I arrived, which is never guaranteed in the Colorado high country. Wind can arrive without warning and turn a perfect reflection into rippled abstrac tion in seconds. On this autumn morning the aspens on the far shore were at peak color, gold and orange stacked against blue sky, and the water had not yet been disturbed.I moved slowly along the shoreline, looking for an angle where the trees would double themselves cleanly in the frame. Composition was simple: calm water, color, the symmetry that only happens when weather cooperates. I have learned not to trust a reflection until the exposure is made. Here the lake held long enough that the photograph feels less like a landscape and more like a held breath. Fall in Colorado rewards early alarms. This was one of those mornings when the drive felt justified before the coffee did. Show more