"Forsooth, there is a lake in me, sequestered and self-sufficing; but the stream of my love...

Orthere along the lake, where gold-fishes dance and swim!

Thou art now a-weary?

There above are sheep and sun-set stripes:

is it not sweet to sleep- the shepherd pipes?"

--F.Nietzsche

This one was difficult not to overexpose.

Your comments are appreciated.

Here are my critique, since you asked for it. :D

On exposure: Yes, it's hard not to over-expose, but I thought you used GND filters on other photos; On composition: Foreground is a little distracting.

On clarity: Cleaner version will be appreciated. 300k is pretty big for this size, remember noise also takes pixels.

On quote: Not necessary, let the photo do the talking. However, you may start a presentation folder which is designed to have a theme and texts.

Finally, I want to say I like this photo and the mood over-all. I want to paraphrase you: It's difficult not to expose when you see a scene like this. However, landscape is not my specialty, so pardon my ignorance, if any. Cheers.

> I thought you used GND filters on other photos;

only rarely I use a polarizer when sun is lowand when she is 90 degrees to the left or right.

> On composition: Foreground is a little distracting.

you bet, I have others from the same day and place. when time allows, I'll add them to my folder.

> On clarity: Cleaner version will be appreciated.

you propose to upload a higher resolution or using less jpg-compression?

> 300k is pretty big for this size,

300k is the [number of pixel] size, i.e. the number of pixels.the photo as uploaded only has 52KB.

> remember noise also takes pixels.

I'm not quite sure what noise you are talking about.

> On quote: Not necessary, let the photo do the talking. However, you may start a presentation folder which is designed to have a theme and texts.

did such a presentation. the poem is the one I used for the presentation.(I thought poems can't hurt; it's fuel for the soul.)

> It's difficult not to expose when you see a scene like this.

great "jeu de mots" :-) thanks!

ciao gd