Power of One

Thank you so much for your comments and reaction to my previous post.  Guess I'm squeezing all I can out of that old rock wall. ;-)

And now getting carried away with titles...  But I did want to put in a plug for the biggest rock in the world.  My buddy Mr. Preston will always say, that's one big frickin rock - or BFR.  Not only does it provide countless photo ops by itself as the subject, but it also remains on of the greatest light sources in the valley.  Reflected light and direct reflections of light and color make for endless possibilities.

I was down by the Merced with my friend Kyle when we spied this reflection, the grasses and scattering of leaves.  This is actually the very same location Preston and I captured some images of ice a year ago. 

I've had a real difficult time with this one in processing.  Your feedback will be helpful.  For starters I should mention I did some sloppy content-aware cloning to remove an oof skinny branch hanging over the scene. What a pain.  But also curious thoughts on color, saturation and processing in general.

Thanks!

Lon