• Camille Pissarro.

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Both my wife and I spend our initial years in New England when we moved to the US. We both attended college there and every time autumn came around all the streets of Boston would have spectacular foliage for us to enjoy. Every year we would plant a trip for next year as fall is an expensive season in New England and we couldn't afford much as grad students on a tight budget. Finally, we both got busy with our careers and that fall trip kept on getting postponed.

It was always on the back of my head that we never did Fall road trip as we always promised ourselves that we would do. The opportunity presented itself in 2016, I was about to change jobs and I managed to sneak in a 2-week break between jobs. My wife had to struggle a bit to get the vacation approved but we finally managed to get on with our road trip to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. We missed peak colors by a couple of days but still saw some of the most spectacular autumn scenes combined with mighty peaks of the Rocky Mountain range.

This shot was taken at the Last Dollar road which is a 4-wheel drive country road that crosses the foothills of the San Juan Mountains. This road is challenging when it's muddy but provides some spectacular scenery. There is a spot on the road when the colorful forest gives way to a grand vista of the San Juan Mountains. I noticed a line of aspens by a ridge and used them to contrast with the more expansive view of the valley and the mountains in the distance. The yellows in the scene was a little overwhelming so I made sure the white balance was on point.