Thanks. The reason this composition jumped out to me is, I felt it looked like some kind of serpent moving towards the viewer.

I love the softness and almost delicate nature this photo gives off. It translates the serenity of ballet perfectly.

I love the power and creative possibilities of luminosity masks. Although... with great power comes great responsibility (and discretion).

I like that you didn't crop out the lily pads on the bottom. It adds a little bit of a nice visual anchor. Well done.

I have one, but they managed to get in when I was putting it on and adjusting it. The joys of landscape photography.

Thank you. The forecast predicted rain on two weather apps and two others predicted fog, so I rolled the dice and lucked out. There was a gap on the horizon but the sun never really broke through and lit up the clouds. As far as the midges, that seems to be spot on. We did Scotland and Iceland a few weeks ago and the Highlands were buzzing with them.

I've been trying to get a moon shot over the Tappan Zee (sorry it's still the Tappan Zee for me) for some time now. Well done. Did you use PhotoPills?