First - since I just critiqued one of your photos, if you would prefer to have someone else critique this, contact me after and I will arrange for another member of the club to also critique it.
Composition/perspective - The use of negative space here is one of the strong elements that helps to make this image stand out. When I first saw this image I had a feeling it was flipped - something about the reflections. Your comments confirmed this. Excellent technique and perfect image to apply it to. Placement of the subjects is well done and the minimal content lets all the other elemnts come though.
Lighting - natural light obviously, but no hint of source. In other words, excellent control of the reflections, glare, bright spots in the image. I suspect this has a lot to do with time of day so good timing! The overall luminosicity of the shot is quite efffective.
Color - this image contains a nice palette of complementary and contrasting colors that never seem to collide. Despite the low levels of some of them, the tints are enough. The processing performed seems to have added greatly to the overall balance of this element - bringing out one side of the spectrum, subduing another while maintaining a overall tonal quality that is very pleasing to the eye.
Processing - the image is crisp and clear. A lot due to excellent camera control, but the processing did not upset that at all. The cloud definition through the many layers remains intact which is a very nice quality giving the image a sense of depth/height depending on which side you want to look at.
Challenge requirements - minimalism has certainly been your friend here. The lack of an overbearing subject coupled with the relative size in the image as whole certainly expresses the concept of Delicate quite nicely.
Overall/my opinion - very well done image with a lot of subtle qualities that a quick glance just will not reveal. This is a fantastic image that is extremely pleasing to look at and very well presented. I am usually not a fan of borders, but the thin blue works here as it helps define the area instead of enclosing it. Very well done!
Unfreaking believable! This is amazing I am glad that you posted the original otherwise I would be knocking my head against a wall figuring it out. Now that the challenge is over maybe you can add some color to the sky to dramatize it. Just my opinion of course.
Very intriguing to see these branches as well as their reflections combined with the clouds' reflections without seeing the separation between water and air!
What does it say? 'opicko'? 'chiko'?... Interesting composition, but I just can't read what that message is! I'll check back later and might see something. Update: This is driving me mad! - The first letter looks like 'c', then 'p', then 'i' then 'k', then 'e'... but that doesn't spell anything!
Is the message SPIKE? I really like the clouds but your "message" doesn't look even remotely natural, it's actually kind of freaky. I am not getting your meaning at all.
Whoha! Holy reflection Batman! Love this shot, cool enough to make me wonder if it´s fake but I of course gave you the benefit of the doubt. Love it, gave it a 10 and it went straight to my favorites.
Spike? Beautiful sky, but I just don't understand what that means. OH, wait... SICKO.. HEE HEE I get it. WAit, no I don't. Hmmmmmmmmmm I see a profile and an eye.... This is interesting.
Interesting picture. I keep looking at it and I still cant figure it out. It does look like words but they must be branches out of water or something. The clouds are amazing, they look continuous. If this is a reflection, Its hard to tell the difference. Very captivating.
wow.. this is unique and quite incredible,, it's hard to tell exactly what I'm looking at, and where the sky meets the surface. but i'm going to give it an 8
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