A Pond

How can you pass by water like this and not click at it?

Thanks for looking.

 Hi Tibi. You don't need that much sky to this composition. Plus, the upper part of the trees shown a bad lens flare anyway. The backlit scene and the reflection is the real subject in this image.

Cheers.

This is a beauiful composition. I like the  warm earth  colors and the sky reflected in the little pond.  I agree though with Bela, but I would have cropped only a bit  upper  clouds , to leave some more of the sky. 

In any event it is nature in its grandure! very nice light and location, and well composed..

Really beautiful work with very nice lighting, Tibi!

I agree, Tibi - how could you not take this shot!  Such beautiful reflections and lovely foreground colour.  Despite the light flare, I actually prefer the original image as, for me, the 4x6 proportion and distant hills add a sense of grandeur and space.  

Bela,

Thanks for the suggestion, it is indeed a valid version. You are right about the flare, this is indeed one of the things you should be careful with when using wide lenses, and obviously here I was not careful enough.

Pnina and Margo,

Of course there is place to play with how much sky to include or not. After reading the critiques, probably I would opt for a crop that goes just a bit above the white "lamb" cloud so that it both leaves a bit more sky and gets rid of most of the nasty flare on the right side.

Ruud and Tina,

Thanks for the visit.