I'll tell you what caught my eye about this photo... the water, the leaves in it, for whatever reason, just screams "New England" to me. That said, the gator in the water is in cool cotrast to the water. Nice shot.
As all have said, INCREDIBLE images. I don't think I've seen so many beautiful pictures at one time. Most certainly an inspiration to me. I've only been shooting a few months now, so this motivates me quite a bit.
I'm not sure if this is my best picture of this year, but probaly one of my favorites.