fehmida

Wow! that's the only word that escaped my mouth when I saw this. Truly exceptional!!

Its a lovely photograph undoubtedly, but the ice in the front somehow bothers me. This is not a criticism, its just the feeling that I get when I see it. The montains and water with the lone tree and the twilight invoke a sense of serenity, and the ice in the front somehow invokes turmoil. Maybe its 'cos of the swirls in the ice, kind of water swirls (what is the word for that...where the water creates a cone effect and sucks u in?....cant remember). And so, I'm torn whether to be at peace or whether to get disturbed.

I do wonder what would the picture have looked like if it was taken in landscape? If there was water on either side of the ice swirl, and the mountains spanned out wide, mebbe it wouldnt invoke such conflicting feelings? Of course I dont know what the landscape looked like, mebbe it wasnt worth taking anything extraneous in.

I still feel its a beautigul picture, lovely light and composition.