North Cheyenne Creek

Yay, nay, or why did you even post this?
Image taken late this morning from the first bridge on the Seven Bridges Trail in North Cheyenne Cañon. As always C&C most welcome.

Canon 5d, 24-105 f/4 IS, 24mm, 1/45, f/9.6, ISO 250, hand-held because I forgot the tripod.

Yay. For some reason there aren't a lot of snow images posted here and this is a good one. I definitely like the creek swirling through the bottom half of the frame and the textures of the trees on the top half.

Yay, but the bottom left 1/3 is a little distracting. there is a dark spot and the small branches make my eye wander. Overall though, it's a peaceful scene and good capture.

I like it...reminds me of "home".

Hi DJ, nice work, but here's what I would have done diff. The sticks in the LL are distracting, and I would have shot at a lower angle to get more of the red rocks in the stream. Based on your settings, and the reflection, I'm guessing you didn't use a polarizer?

It's good to see a snow image as Joshua said, and I like this one alot. The bottom left twigs are a slight distraction, but my eyes aren't drawn to them too much. I really like the S-curve in the creek, and the snow/branch combination in the top half. Nice catch for handheld!.

I agree with Nick in that the bottom left twigs don't draw my eye too much. I think getting lower and closer to the creek would be an improvement.

I like it.
I've hiked that trail many times, and this reminds me that it's not just a good weather trail.

Looks great, D.J., ive got to get back up there soon!

A nice winter scene, DJ.

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. I was wondering if the LL branches were going to be a "problem". I considered getting lower, but more branches would have been in the way, and had I moved further to the right to avoid said branches, I would have been standing in the creek; something I wasn't fond of doing at the time.
@ Bryan: No, i didn't use a polarizer. I need to replace the one I lost awhile back.