Anything Goes Koi

[Cheryl Slechta]

This has a little more color than my last post. I originally posted a slightly different version of this in Framing Your Image With Words. I am trying to rejuvenate that Forum which hasn't seen much use lately so if anyone has anything they'd like to post there it would be great. (Thanks Dennis for your post last week).
I took this in St. Augustine in the courtyard of the Lightner Museum. I was drawn to the different reflections in the pond. I tried different layers of Viveza, curves, and adjusted the color balance a little.
Thanks for looking.

[Dennis Bishop]

I like this for all the reasons I liked it in Framing Your Image with Words. It made sense that the FYIwW version was subdued, but I like this stronger version. The mix of colors, especially in the lower right, and the movement of the water are tremendous.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Cheryl, I really like the diagonal flow of the image. I get a real sense of of surface movement on the water. Well seen image.

[Anita Bower]

The colors, brightness, swirls are marvelous. As is the composition. I think I would prefer it to be either more realistic, or more abstract. Or maybe that bright fish needs to be toned down. The water is luscious.
I hope you can revive the other forum. I haven't posted there because I seldom have any words to go with my images.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, thanks for your comment. The version on Framing Your Image Forum is a toned down version which seems more abstract to me.

The colors, brightness, swirls are marvelous. As is the composition. I think I would prefer it to be either more realistic, or more abstract. Or maybe that bright fish needs to be toned down. The water is luscious.
I hope you can revive the other forum. I haven't posted there because I seldom have any words to go with my images.

[Anita Bower]

Anita, thanks for your comment. The version on Framing Your Image Forum is a toned down version which seems more abstract to me.

Yes, I think that works better.