Winter Shore (and repost)

I know everyone is going crazy with spring shots. I haven't nailed too many I like yet so I'm pulling out this residual winter shot. I posted this in Earth, Sea and Sky and it seemed to get an OK response so I thought I'd share it here since it is one of my favorite southern Oregon locations.

To get this shot I went to Lake of the Woods on a cold morning after a snowfall to photograph the sunrise on Mt. McLaughlin. This was an unexpected composition, sans mountain, that I didn't think much of at the time, but it's been growing on me through the winter.

Canon 5D, 28-135mm, ISO 100, circular polarizer, 30 sec @ f/16, double RAW process and manual blend.

Dreamy, Sean, I really like it. What about cropping out 1/2 to 2/3 of the sky and forcing the focus to be on the lines of the hill and the shore pointing to the trees?

You caught so sweet light Sean. I really like Marks crop suggestion.

Wow, awesome, really dig this shot. The shoreline in the lower part is I think what makes it, so soft and delicate. Feels so untouched and as Mark said, dreamy. Wouldn't chage a thing although I wouldn't hesitate to experiment with more red/yellow in the sky where the sun is rising

Thanks for the suggestion Mark. What do you think about this?

I am ALL OVER IT! (send me one) Peggy, my wife, likes it this way also.

Perfect Sean..

I was trying to think of another word to describe this shot, but I think dreamy nails it. This shot elicits an emotional response.... Beautiful

Yeah, I think Mark hit it right on with that crop suggestion. It's really signing now. Keep the full image for stock purposes though of course.

Honestly, I like the non-cropped version better. The sky and frozen lake have a good balance in that image - it really draws my eye into the detail of the mountain in the distance.