Denver 2017 - Aspen Stand

At that same location there was an aspen stand, which had just begun to bud while it was still cold enough to have snow at its base, as can be seen below:

One of my favorite photos of all time, which has been made into an untold number of prints seen in doctors' offices, etc., is of an aspen stand with the sun peeking out from behind one of the trees.  Whoever captured the picture used a star filter, and even though he or she was counterintuitively pointing the camera in the direction of the sun, the lighting, dynamic range, color and exposure were done perfectly.