This is nice - that mist makes this a much more interesting shot than a straight image of the birches themselves.
My comment about New England in Kyle's thread was mostly directed at their current plight in a world of frozen white. My guess is more than a few of them would rather look out their windows at the scene you posted above right about now.
Beautiful scene here, Tom. I love the green haziness of it. To me, part of the attraction of it is the luminescence of the mist and light in the trees so I can't imagine it as darker (pace Zeph and Barry), but a comparison might be interesting.
There is an issue with Uploading Photos (attachjments). I am not sure what the problem is, and I am looking into it. You can still try to Create your Threads and Upload your Photos, but it is hanging up during the Upload.