This too is just stunning. You have really taken advantage of the overcast day, the diffused light getting under all of those rocks and deep into the forest. Photography is all about compromise and using the ambient conditions to best effect. We have here great conditions for a long exposure on white water, there is no burn-out and the low contrast works wonders on the soft watery finish. The composition is beautiful too with plenty breathing space around the main rocks, the focus is pin sharp throughout. There is so much detail everywhere, from the foreground moss to the far reaches of the woods, this is a photograph with tremendous depth and it deserves gazing at all over, it simply oozes with a calming green woodland environment. Remarkable and fantastic work. It took a lot of reflection and a very strong winner for this photograph not to get that first place.
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