'Surrounding Beauty' is defiantly an excellent example of nature. What a great glowing shot you have captured. I like the way you cropped or framed the photo in your shot. Its amazing how similar but how different the water and sky colors are. The lighting at this particular time of day was in how it shines right on the tress. I really like the shadows as well they really increase the image especially in the corner of the world challenge. I think this was an extremely hard challenge with how many beautiful landscapes that were entered. I personally would have placed you higher with this shot.