As far as composition is concerned, I've often re-shot something along the river with a different composition. I suspect you're up to something. I guess I'll find out what it is if I can make the shot you're looking for. We'll see.
No not up to something really, just when I look at your series of local shots, which I believe we can now call a series as you have shot quite a few in this style over the last few months, then I always find myself thinking why doesn't Russ try to frame out the sky if it is too bright and which is therefore always going to blow out some upper parts of the shot, as the light often seems to be very bright, contrasty and harsh in your neck of the woods and which you cannot do anything about of course, other than wait for a storm to pass by or something? So I thought why not make a suggestion to you to try shooting only the lower half of this type of shot (as per my crop suggestion, but as a full frame if you know what I mean), as this would then make this type of foliage and water reflection type of shot a lot more mysterious and intriguing to me, as well as also filling the frame with a more abstracted study of the detail set against a lovely mirror reflection in the water, but without so much of the harsh light burning through the canopy of the trees.
I also like to fill the frame like (dare I say it) some painters would do and paint solid detail all the way across to the four edges of the frame if I can, as this can sometimes work very well and give the image a 'painterly' look. But anyway, it is what I would be trying given your situation and yes it might not work at all, but hey, why not give it a try, especially if you are becoming less enthused by your enforced and limited subject matter and who knows, there might just be a pleasant surprise waiting for you to discover
Dave