Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by IreneM:
Great reflections, love the colors too. Many congrats on your ribbon.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by P-A-U-L:
Congrats on the red!

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by hkpdso:
some great reflections and the way that they meet at the water.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by tvsometime:
Lovely water-and-land-scape.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by grahamgator:
Nice capture of the reflection and ripples. I think I would like to see more of the tree tops and straighten the shoreline a bit, all in all nicely done.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by primabarbara:
I like it a lot. Love how the reflection slowly disappears in the movement of the water. Well seen.
I am not sure whether I would like it even better, whether the bank was perfectly balanced or whether the trees would affect my sense of balance. It's probably a matter of personal taste

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by roz:
from the other photos i've seen this looks like a ribbon winner to me .. most likely blue .. but just so you know .. i'm not a good judge of what is going to do well .. ;)
i'm LOVING the reflections .. you've totally nailed this ..
i'm a sucker for reflections .. :)
ps.. just came back to have another look .. it's not just the reflections that grab me it's the gorgeous lighting too ..

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Overall a very interesting image for the eye to travel through. The array of colors and textures are pleasing and not over processed. I think a slight vignette would be an asset here and maybe a lighter upper center to take the eye to the center of the image.

Coming back to add more: I think a crop off the bottom would be a good thing. I say that since I think you intended the tree trunks to be the main subjects. The eye goes to lighter areas of the image first, then it travels around to find other things. The bottom part of the image is the lightest and has basically nothing there to look at. The more interesting part is in the water from the middle of the image and going to where the tree trunks start. A 16:9 crop would be good here, or even a square crop would work too.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by JulietNN:
Personally, I think this is pretty good, myself, I would have cropped it where that sunshine level starts, so just a short amount of the trunks can be seen and the rest water shadows. Maybe just a little contrast and a tiny bit more of saturation on the water, but other than that cropping this reminds me so much of ursula For a Free Study, I would have given this a 5/6 for now, it is an 8

Message edited by author 2020-04-01 00:30:56.

Swamp Land
by Wildpurple

Comment by PennyStreet:
Wonderful reflection! I'm liking how you choose to make IT the subject by cropping off the trees at the top. Really nice.