Beatiful colors. tho i thing the beach shold have been "Longer" (have more space in the frame)

It's called "long" lake, not "wide" lake (Sorry, just being a wizenhimer) Actually the beach I'm standing on is little more than a concrete boat ramp and it would not have made for a very good picture. The lake itself is probably near a half mile long but not very wide at all. Someone with a good arm could probably throw a rock all the way across it.

Maybe you should cut the beach out of the frame? It somehow limitates the view. Yet I understand what your paradise is...

Well. then crop away the "beach"

It's the little things, like cropping, that separate the professionals from the rest of us. I guess that looks better. Thanks for the advice. Any more would be appreciated.

Very pretty shot

wow! that is so prestine and peaceful looking!

Congrats for your third place, Chaplain!

Very cool. I like it.

Neat idea. Like the spiraling.

nice work

cool!

Congrats for your third place, Chaplain!

did you mean for it to be on an angle?

Friiskiwi, I had to stoop down and take the picture under a railing and the end result was the angle. I just kind of liked it even though it was an accident.

I like the angle too. Great shot actually.

I like the angle also, different and still works here...a nice leading line created by the tree tops leads from the top left to the guard, it keeps the eyes on the subject well

My thought is to crop and make the Bull Elk consume the space.

Santa: Thanks for the suggestion. I'd take it if I could. My computer went belly up and I lost my Photoshop so I don't know how to crop without it. Won't be able to reinstall for a couple months when I get home.

nicely done...very good timing to get just the right pose from this big fellow!