Stalker

I like the idea, Ian, and I like some elements of this image such as the downed log in the foreground.  However, it feels to me like the angle doesn't quite hit it.  By the way, there's a curved branch on the left with lots of stems sticking out of it that looks like it has wonderful possibilities if you can find the right pov.  It would put a great curved line in that could anchor the composition.

Thanks for the comment, Dennis - much appreciated.  I will have a look at that curved branch for another way of doing this, though I'm not sure if it's a branch thick enough to stand out.

This absolutely works for me.  In fact, I love it.  I know from my own experience in the past that most of the time the beautify that I see in a "fairly formless composition" isn't often seen by anyone else.  But to me this is gorgeous.

Hi   Ian    I  too am   intrigued   by  images of    wild wet  woodlands.    well  composed  showing  the  beauty   of  nature  untouched .   i  bet  we  have  more   in  Canada..    this is inspired photography

Albert Darmo

Your approach here works for me, Ian!  I like these "wild" types of scenes.  Nicely done!

Hi Ian.  Unlike the previous post of the path, this has no point of focus or leading line.  The feel of a wetland and its undergrowth does come through but I would not have known your thought process without reading the intro.  Its still nice to see fall images from other places.

Ian, as usual, you managed to extract a nice sense of order out of chaos.  That fallen tree does a good job of holding this view together while it lets all of the bright colors behind it set the stage.  I like the thin branch and the greens coming in from the right as well as the curved sapling coming in from the left.  I'm finding that I prefer the smaller version as it blends all the leaves in the back into more of a mass of color.