Sunny Autumn Reflection

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Skansedammen pond in Bergen Norway on a sunny autumn day.


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This is exceptional - I just love how the underwater leaves “mirror” the dappled clouds above, in texture and color. I’d do a slight crop off the top to balance the sky and water size - but that’s a personal thing, as I can see that it might be a pity to remove any of those clouds.

Colorful, bright, yet relaxing with wonderful reflections. I like the person in the image - adds to that relaxing feeling which is tough to achieve with all the color and saturation in the image. The foreground underwater detail works well with the dappled sky. I made the image more vertical using the transform panel in Lightroom Classic, used an object mask on the trees reflection to bump up the saturation and exposure a tad more and did a minor crop to the top and right side.
I’d call this Vacation in Autumn.