2009 was a really odd year for fall colors everywhere I went, especially in Grand Teton National Park. The Grand Tetons are located in the north west area of Wyoming and fall colors here were weird at best in early October. Some areas of aspens had no leaves left on their branches, and looked like January. Others like the stand in this picture, were just barely beginning to change colors.
I really like this image for the thistles details in the foreground and the nice clean lines of the young aspens that are just barely changing colors.
