Electric

My first thought after looking at the image and before reading your comment was that this image was taken in the rain.  The color and light are really nice.  I think the slow shutter speed does affect the sharpness of the image due to leaf movement.

What a cool tree, Ed.  Well worth the trip back to capture the wonderful color and shape of this maple.  My only thought would be to desaturated the red leaves protruding into the frame on the left and perhaps even the ones on the right to really give this tree center stage. Beautiful image.

Ed,
I love the colors in the photo and they are wonderful reflected in the water.  I agree with Gary's comments about featuring the tree.  I imagine this shot will be exquisite cropped in a number of ways.  My eye wanders to the bottom of the reflection and wants to see more.  Do you have more canvas to play with?  Not that this is not terrific as is, would love to see a crop not so tight just for fun. 
Patrick

Ed,

What a gorgeous tree, wonderful autumn scene.  Too bad this one couldn't  have been a little more isolated so as not to have to deal with the color on either side, but that's really minor. The reflection works for me.  It's just enough to say it's inclusion was desired, but you're not forcing to have the entire reflection.

I know the atmosphere is rainy/misty, which is causing this a little lack in contrast.  I'm wondering if some added contrast would make this pop a little more; not color/saturation mind you, just contrast.  Otherwise, a lovely image.

Lon

Excellent color and reflection. I really like Gary's suggestion, which would showcase the center maple even more.

Simple and elegant!  Nice job. 

Perfect isolation.  Wet conditions have a way of bringing this kind of image to life.  Well done.

This tree sure glows, Ed.  The reds really pop against the deep green background and the reflection adds nicely.

Electric indeed!  I'm in agreement with most of the comments and suggestions made by others, and I don't have much more to add.  I will say that I really wish that the entire reflection of the tree had been included.  Was there some reason not apparent outside of the borders of the image which led you to not include the entire reflection?  It seems like you could have easily angled down a little and/or zoomed out a little to accomplish this.  Or was it just your intentional compositional choice at the time?

Wonderfully serene image.  I love the hints of other trees turning and of course the reflection is nice.  I'm wondering too about Jim's question.  Without the full reflection, I might be tempted to crop the reflected foliage altogether, just keepin the trunk (but then again, that might make us want the reflection).

Here is a wider repost to include more of the tree's reflection as per a couple of folks suggestion. Let me know what you think. The original version is my favorite of the two because it still maintains the essence of the scene for me. There was no way for me to isolate just the maple as the other autumn foliage was encroaching to close on both sides. Thanks again for your thoughts. I will try and get a another repost done with a little desat on the encroaching color on the sides.

Ed

Oops, forgot the repost.

Wow, that is some impressive color! Absolutely love it. The repo looks a bit out of balance for me, I think the original is actually spot on with the comp.

Wow. what an amazing tree.  Electric is right.  I wouldn't worry about anything on the borders pulling my eye away with the tree being so intense, and in fact it think the other orange leaves frame the subject a bit.

Personally, I think that your repost including the full reflection of the tree is a distinct improvement, although I notice that the reflection in this image is softer and more blurred.  I would suggest still cropping the top and sides as much as necessary to focus all of the viewer's attention on the tree and its reflection.