Photo is of an ephemeral pond used in the wintertime by many species as a breeding site to avoid predation by fish and other aquatic predators found in permanent bodies of water.
***This is a reworking of the original photo, minus the sky corrections that have been sugguested below****
Just looking for some suggestions on the shot and any improvements I could make. This photo is an example of the longleaf pine ecosystem and was taken in the Sandhills region of North Carolina
Detail and coloring of the lower portion look great, as does the sky (though it looks even better reigned it a bit in the first rework). The pines though look as though they are carrying a bit of a yellowish cast to them. I would suggest greening them up a bit to balance the colors.
The foreground component of the image is very strong. The sky dissolves off as it should and provides nice color opposition to the golden foreground. The middle section, again the trees, is not as bold as one would like. This is perhaps re-inforced by the horizon line crossing essentially the middle of the image. Shifting the composition up or down would have made it more interesting visually. I am also wondering what it would have looked like had you shot a frame to the left and right of where you were to allow for a pano type aspect ratio and taking in more of the surroundings. I think that is what some of the crops are trying to accomplish...pulling the horizon away from center and giving a little more real estate left to right.
Overall, the image is very good. I see it just being inches from "stunning," and that is where my suggestions are trying to go.
