Nice shot with shadows increasing the stairs size. Nobody home?

very nice

Sean, I have to ask...how on earth did you get such deep DOF. I am amazed by the sharpness of this image.

The frame is definately full!

Interesting scene! Makes me curious!

Well conceived and executed.

quite an angry sky for sure, and the whole scene is absolutely surrealistic, great image.

I think you know my opinion of this image (don't like the vertical lines). But, I do think this is a great entry for the theme. Cheers.

I really love this image. It probably doesn't need the extra processing, but I do like the effect. I'd love to hear more about how you did it.

I added the sepia and did some curves adjustments with circular gradients to isolate the tree. After that, I added vertical grain and did a random cloud filter on the layer mask.

great light on this in my opinion!!

This is pretty nice!

Yes, like a painting.

Looks nothing like water to me. Could be cotton wool or cloud....I think we tend to get all too excited about this sort of image that essentially abstracts water so much that it no longer resembles itself any longer. Don't get me wrong it's a beautiful, dreamy image, well worthy of a feature....but perhaps not in this theme.

I'll have to disagree with Psychodudu about the relevance to the topic. ;) I think it fits quite well here. To me this image focuses on the movement of the water rather than the water itself, but it's still clearly water.

In any event, we do both agree that it's a great image regardless of context.

This is a stunning photo....period. It takes a lot to get these kind of images right.

Gosh, I really think this image exemplifies the very essence of water ... ethereal, every moving, ever changing, all around us. By the way Andrew, remember that clouds ARE water. Doesn't look at all like cotton to me.

But then, it just goes to show how we all interpret topics/themes entirely differently

The image has all the right balance in color in my opinion, no need for cropping it's a generally beautifully composed photo. I love the snow adds a near the forest.

Sometimes the sky puts on such a show that it is impossible to get it wrong. This was just that sort of sky. For this topic, however, I rate mostly on the basis of "is the sky the dominant element?" While the sky is clearly the key element, in this shot the foreground actually dominates the scene. Someone suggested cropping th sky down. I disagree. Rather, I would crop the bottom third, losing that large mass of grass in the foreground. This will make the sky (and the lovely evening glow on the trees) really jump from the image.

Wow! That's my instant reaction. Spectacular shot, well done. Where was it taken?

I can't find anything to critisize and wouldn't crop off anything.
I guess this is a HDR image. How many images did you use?

I love the ray of light in the back.
Maybe the lightning of the scene seems to be "artificial" but the result please me...

eerie

I love the effect long exposure has on water. The sharp rocks really make this image. Good work.

Unfolded from the wallet perhaps? I like the image underneath too.