Reflecting

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

This was taken in Upper, Michigan 5d markII, 16-35 canon, tripod f/11@2seconds

[Jay Gould]

Like it a lot! At first glance you question whether it is level; interesting optical illusion. A check with on screen level shows that the far line is level. The leaf in the FG put is over the top for me.

[Rachel Hollander]

Strong reflection. I also like the fg leaf and the mist at the far end also adds to it. There seems to be a halo around the edges of the trees on the lhs.

TFS,
Rachel

[Don Railton]

Hi Dennis

I like the strong reflection and the intense blue. Not sure if the orange is real but it looks too strong to me and steals my attention too much. I think the image would balance better is that was backed off a touch. I also see the halo Rachel refers to...

thanks for showing

DON

[Robert Amoruso]

Dennis, very well composed. The strong diagonals on the left lead the eye right into the image. I like the leaf but would have liked to have seen more room below it. Likewize the tree in the upper left is a bit tight at the top.

I would agree I am seeing a halo between the tree outline in both the sky and reflection.

[Brendan Dozier]

Wonderful composition, Dennis. The tree colors, still water reflection, and FG leaf all work together nicely. Good suggestions above.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Dennis, great use of the left shoreline to lead us into the scene and across the lake. Agree with a smidge more room on the top and the bottom and the halos.

[Dennis "Curly" Buchner]

Thanks everybody for your help and the halos must of accrued for compressing the file as no halos on the tiff file. Thanks again

[Roger Clark]

Dennis,
Outstanding image! Great composition. Not only do I think the leaf adds a lot to the image, its placement near the bottom is perfect in my opinion and a good example of breaking the rules resulting in a more compelling image.

Roger

[Morkel Erasmus]

This is a very compelling image, Dennis! Both in terms of composition and colour/mood.
I agree on the slight halo...sort that out and this will be in another class...

[Andrew Aveley]

besides small processing issues......this is a wow image that has all the lines , colours and mood :)