A Louisiana River

[dumainew]

Last year Hurricane Isaac poured 8' of water into Blind River turning the water anaerobic, filling the air with a noxious odor. A year later the trees are back in foliage, the gators are back to sunning themselves and the scent of water lilies fills the air. Hope you enjoy.

[Richowens]

Easy on the eyes. Peaceful, relaxed feeling.

Rich

[KMRennie]

Beautifully soft and tranquil. Ken

[rgs]

Nice. Very quiet and pleasantly unusual. It's good to see something different.

[mattpallante]

Very nice. Great sense of depth, yet quiet. Kind of different in a good way..Great placement of shapes in the image.

Matt

[sdwilsonsct]

One of your best yet.

[Roman Racela]

This breaks some rules of composition and looks kinda weird, but I absolutely like it.

[wolfnowl]

It's nice, but I think I'd be happier with something simpler.  I like the tree on the left and the stumps surrounding it, and I like the silhouette in the background, but I could do without the phantom branches/leaves on the right.  Everyone gets an opinion!

Mike.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Mystic river

Very nice. I like the moody waters, the fog, and the coloured branches overlaid on top of the grey background branches.

[francois]

I quite like it and especially the fog. It gives depth and lets the imagination work...

One nit: the horizon (although hard to define) seems tilted to the right.

[mvsoske]

Very engaging and moody.  Nicely done!

Mark

[NancyP]

+1 , and I like the somewhat unusual composition.

[Geedorama]

Very nice and different. Wonder how it would look without the branches on te right.

[churly]

Interesting composition and interesting elements.
Chuck

[dumainew]

Thank you all very much for your encouraging comments.
Glad you liked the foto.
Francois, the horizon line is slightly tipped to the right. I wanted to save all the trunk on the left. You've got Eagle Eyes !!!
Richard
PS- Must tell you all how helpful it is to be on this forum and receive such well informed responses.

[francois]

…Francois, the horizon line is slightly tipped to the right. I wanted to save all the trunk on the left. You've got Eagle Eyes !!!
…

Thanks for the info. Sometimes, it's simply not possible to save everything and I think that your choice was the good one.

[john beardsworth]

I like the image very much. Are you not tempted to clean up the three branches coming in from the bottom right?

[dumainew]

John,
Good point you make and one I'm constantly thinking about. How much detail to include?
By editing out the 3 bare branches, would the feel of the scene be too abstract, too dream-like ? After looking at the foto and trying to give enough context to the image, I chose not to. With the dense fog it already seemed a little too abstract. Something particular and something sharply in focus was needed. In the end it could be either way I guess.
Thanks for your comment and for looking at the foto.
Richard