Daisy Lake

Mark,  This is a nicely composed image that has a lot in it.  Might there be more than one image here - this one and one without the stream bed for two?  How you present the image is a matter of how the image speaks to you.  Might the trees on the right be blended a bit more with the brighter greenery to their left. You want to show some detail in the trees, but not emphasize that right front corner.  Please understand that I wouldn't take the time to say all this unless I like the image.  Nice job, well done.  Regards.  Larry

There is one way I know an nature image is 'successful' - it is when I am compelled to reach to Panoramio to locate exactly where the scenic Place actually 'resides'. I know I will in a second. This one is one of but very few Nature images which, to my 'anti-metropolitan' mindskew, is not upset by the powerlines you so excellently subtly captured. Somehow, clean minimally invasive footprint of electrification does not upset the way the stream meanders into the tranquil primeval lake. No logging, no debris, no sign of intrusion other than the minimal sapient trespass... Looks like home.

Mark:  Larry raises an interest idea that there are two images here.  I see the foreground area where the yellow flowers are competing with the lake. I think the lake and the grand view is what makes the shot so the foreground just confuses.  I didn't even notice the power lines until it was mentioned.   Nice shot.  Alan

Hi Larry, Igor & Alan,

Thank you all for your kind words.  I took your suggestions and produced a second version without the river in it.  I have to admit, I'm not totally convinced, but... (see attached file).

Thanks again for your comments.

Mark

I'm not sure either. Alan

Great!