Moonlight on the Snow

The other night, when the moon was out and the sky was clear, I happened to look out of the back door window at the snow before I went to bed.  I could see the sparkles that I tried to photograph in daylight the other day, but the main interest was the shadows of the trees on the snow.  The whole scene seemed ominous.  When composing the picture, I was looking for some object of interest.  Then I saw the broken branch coming out of the ground in the background, and the picture felt complete.