Great capture of the fall colors and cypress trees. Excellent composition. The issue, as I see it, is that the light isn't balanced. You have a darker area on the right and a very bright area on the left. The bright area immediately attracts the eye, away from the gorgeous trees in the center of the image. A couple of options: You can darken the left to make it more in balance. Or you could crop off the left to focus mainly on the trees in the center. Both options are easy fixes, but I do think whatever you do you need to dampen the distracting brightness on the left.   Posted: 12/02/2025 01:58:47

Spring, I love this image. Should definitely be hung in your home in a prominent place. I don't agree with Mike. I like the lighter area coming in from the left that leads your eyes to the cypress trees offset to the right. The lighting accentuates the mood and it has great color, sharpness and definition.   Posted: 12/04/2025 18:01:59

Spring, I would agree with Tom that the lights coming from the left creates an excellent mood and is not distracting. Saying that I have two issues with this image. First is very soft. You don't provide your exif data but is either out of focus slightly or there is some motion. Second, you have a lot of bright spot in the water. Many years ago I have been thought to use a polarizer filter to take images of fall colors and water with bright light to minimize the strong spot. Since that moment, I always use one and I think in this case it would helped you a lot.

Best wishes

Michele   Posted: 12/13/2025 13:24:39