lakeside presents

This is a gorgeous image in colors, light, and reflections. Thanks for posting it.

One thing I will report, take it for what it's worth, is that the pattern of the clouds and their reflection seems to me like an arrow with a feeling it is pointing out of the frame toward the right. Based upon the tendency of the eye to go from left to right, I think this might be mitigated by a simple horizontal flip. Just imagining it, it would seem like that would balance it and actually take the eye into the center as opposed to out of it. ??

Chet, It does capture those feelings. A beautiful scene with such a nice peaceful mood.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

You've captured a beautiful scene, especially the high quality reflection. The larger version especially looks great. I agree with John that the "cloud arrow" tends to grab my eyes, making this feel just a bit unbalanced. My suggestion is to crop from the right almost to the 2nd bright ridge. This would create another eye catcher near the left edge to balance the clouds on the right. Looks like a spectacular place to camp.

Chet,

This is a terrific "reflectionscape." Great symmetry, especially with the clouds. The tiny ripples in the water add some nice texture and I also like the little bit of mist rising off the lake.

I'll offer a different perspective on the "arrow." Rather than point the eye out of the scene, I see the clouds and reflection more of a "v" where the OPEN part of the "v" is actually framing the scene and holding the eye IN the frame. Also, I have no problem flipping an image, but it's probably a good practice not to do with recognizable landmarks, like this. Anyone who has been or is familiar with this location would know it was backwards and that wouldn't reflect well on the photographer... ;-)

A great and tranquil moment Chet.

Lon

Really like the peacefulness of the image. Could maybe see burning down the sky/clouds some to better balance with the light in the rest of the frame.

Love the serenity of this scene. Very nice reflection and symmetry. Interesting comment on flipping horizontally - I suspect if it were me I'd have a hard time reconciling the changed image with my memory and positive associations with the real event. Either way, this is very nice.