I got up very early on Christmas Eve to shoot at my favorite spot.  It was so cold that I couldn’t find many animals to photograph, but the sun playing through the mist from Clear Creek more than made up for the lack of animate subjects.   The first image is a straight-from-the camera image.  The second is a monochrome image that I toned using a custom tone curve.

I tent to prefer the first image, mostly because I think the composition is stronger, though (obviously) I liked the second enough to post it.  Please post a comment and let me know which you prefer.