Mount Moran clearing at dawn

Another morning at the same Oxbow Bend that produces some of the park’s most photographed reflections, this time with Mount Moran still shedding a band of cloud from around its base while the aspens along the bank held their fall color.

Getting the shot

Dead-calm water gave a clean mirror of both the peak and the fog band clinging to it. Framed to let the golden treeline anchor the bottom third, keeping the mountain and its reflection roughly balanced against each other.