Working with fog, steam and mist is always a fascinating and challenging task, from moment to moment the amount of mist in any given part of a location changes, affecting the relationship between foreground and background, changing the saturation and tones. I often feel that I have to let go of my desire to hunt the perfect moment, and instead fish for it, trying a number of variations and images over time and using my virtual light box to complete the selection of the optimal frame.
Of course, careful post-processing is also an issue. Color balance is going to matter mightily in an image like this, here, I've captured the warm/cool contrast that I felt in the situation--a warmer white balance would have created a differently beautiful image, but (to my eye) a less interesting one. A little work to ensure the delicate tonal shifts in the marbled orange highlights were captured also required a bit of nuance with the Lightroom development controls, I continue to remain grateful to Charlie Cramer for his insights into strategies for LR highlight control, they were, as they so often are, key to getting this image where I personally wanted it to be.