stick and floating leaves

The dry summer and fall dramatically lowered the water in a nearby

reservoir and led to an impressive algal bloom. What used to be

reasonably clear is now bright green. I liked the yellow leaves on the

bright green water. A 1000x ND filter allowed me to expose for 60

seconds in bright daylight, smoothing out the waves and turning

floating leaves into long streaks.

Hi Christoff,

I appreciate the subtlety of the image, and thanks for sharing the technical details.

Phil

What a lovely shot! Congrats. 

Things that I like:

the stick positioned to the left

the softness of the water

the hint of the underwater stick in the foreground

the streaks in the upper regions.

I did download it and played with the color balance where I slowly increased the blue which shows some interesting possibilities but in the end I stuck with your version.

All the very best,

Thanks Tony! As you know, I always appreciate your alternative interpretations. I think its great if viewers take the time to play with the mages. Of course I also love it when, after all your tinkering, you decide my original is the absolute, most awesomest, best!

:-)

You can see I hung out around my kids too much over the holidays and significantly enllarged my vocabulary.