Haydens Valley

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Wonderful composition and lighting. Well done, -Clayton

Lovely peaceful and delicate scene. The orange in the clouds in the top right is a little distracting - slight darkening or color shift to help it match the reflection better would work I think.

Excellent shot

Love the abstract nature of the shot. While tempting to include the clouds & land above, a pano crop which only includes the reflected clouds and S curves might also be a cool interpretation. Beautiful job with exposure.

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated. Floris, I actually did darken the sky to bring out more texture in the clouds. Maybe could use some more. Harry, never thought about turning this into a pan. Thanks for the idea.

Nothing to say about this!!! Just: PERFECTION!! Congrads

Hi Dean - this is lovely. I wonder if a 1 or 2 stop soft ND grad over the top right would have helpd? The light is excellent, and the lead-in of the water works well. As I look at this image, I find the lead-in and colours work well, but (being harsh) there is disappointment ultimately that there's not something to focus on as the horizon is fairly bland. Regards, Michael

Beautiful colors and great dof.

A kind of photo that I like. Beautiful, well composed and without any unnecessary digital manipulations, very natural. Congrats

This is a outstanding image. I really love the compostion, the way the water starts in the foreground and leads your eye through the image with a S curve. The colors are beautiful. For perfect world improvements the only thing that distracts me is the bright areas in the sky. Since your eye naturally see's those first I think it takes away from the rest of the image. Especially that awesome reflection in the foreground, it is stunning. Like mentioned before maybe a 2 stop ND filter would have helped or I would like to see it cropped just below the horizon and take the sky out all together. The water and grass with the reflection is so powerful I don't think you even need to see the sky. Well done Dean!

Very nice shot.  In particular, I like the fact that you have most of the nearest colored clouds in the sky showing just as a reflection.  I agree with what others have said about the color in the upper right -- it is a bit orange.  I wouldn't use a GND filter here -- you have the right balance between sky and ground, and a GND filter, while reducing the amount of light in the clouds, would make the sky look too dark relative to the ground (IMO, of course).