Evening light

Well this is quite lovely.   Could see bringing out the brights in the bg trees just a bit more.  But yea, really well seen!

aF

The contrast between cool and warm colors works beautifully, Gerald. The branches are add a lovely texture to the image. IMO the image lacks of a little bit of definition also in the larger version. I do not know if it's due to the blurred or something else.

Mattia

While I might also like to see a litlte more definition, Gerald, I do like this very much.  The colour contrasts work beautifully, as does the fading out of the light on the trees towards the top of the frame.  Very nicely composed.

I like the mix of warm and cold areas.

Very well seen!

D&L

Nice.

Excellent Gerald.  I was out there a few nights ago at the same location.  The light was not nearly as good.  I would clone the few golden leaves/limbs mid frame left.  Nice.

Gerald, beautiful composition, colors and light here, but the blur really detracts from my enjoyment of the image. It looks to me like a bit of camera motion during the exposure, but I can't be sure.

Gerald, It does like like a little blur from movement or focus but other than that this is very nice. The light worked out beautifully for you and you did a nice job with the comp. The cool and warm tones are really working here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Wonderful abstract image of light and shade in opposing hues.  I reckon the top two thirds is particular strong in its balance of light and shade and would make an exquisite square cropped image.
 

The sunlit gold against the shadowed blue is really nice.  I would be tempted to try a 4x5 vertical crop using the top of the image and cloning out the couple of tiny gold limbs right on the middle of the left edge.