Tannin Soaked Stream

The comp is nothing special, but I was drawn to the intense color of this stream close to the Grove Of The Patriarchs.
Comments welcome, Joe

That's some pretty intense color in the sand. I really doubt its tannin because there are neither swamps or abundant deciduous trees growing in that area - its more likely volcanic in origin. I like the red/green juxtaposition but all those branches muddle it up too much imho.

Very attractive color. I wonder if a tight, interesting pattern comp in just the color would have worked well? You might have had wet feet though...

Interesting color contrasts. The black hole in the UC tends to draw the eye. Ditto what John said.

Ditto what everybody else said. Reminds me of Tar Creek in Oklahoma which 25 odd years ago was the epa #1 site to clean up from all the mining in the Picher Ok. area of which was basically the same color, yet toxic. I lived there 3 years, and they had these chat piles from undermining that were huge. We rode dirt bikes all over them, some would cave in in the middle and you would have huge hills to climb in and out of. Houses would sink from the undermining, then the tornado a year ago devastated the area. Its strange what your picture reminded me of.

Thanks all for your comments. Like I said, not the best comp, just liked the color of the water.
Bryan, that color is from the water, not the stream bottom. This is close to the grove, and Western Redcedar has a high tannin content. I believe that's what gives the water it's color.
John, I like your suggestion. Here's a crop with just the bottom half, more like an abstract.

Yeah, that's definitely more interesting.

The crop works better for me too.