I like this perspective. Also the footprints. I don't know if the toning works for this. Or, I suppose, coloring as it's a digital print.. I think that without the footprints, it would be more abstract as it would be more difficult to see what the subject actually was.
Any chance of going back after a snowfall and shooting it without the prints? I could see this in shades of blue, too, as the warm colors defy the cold of the snow -- but maybe that's what makes the image, hmmm. I'll need to think about this a little more.