What exhibits more lively stillness than rippled water? I like how you extended the countering notions of stillness/motion here. LOL, I just noticed that *little* bug seemingly walking the gangplank out to the edge!
Boo! I gave this a much higher score than the average. It met the challenge really well and I loved the differing motion of the water, from the circular ripples near the bank to the impressionism style reflection farther out
To me a still life is one where the person shooting or painting it controls all the aspects to the image, i.e. it's composition, lighting, etc. Composition is the only thing I see here that you authored. The lighting and the subject matter appeared to be found and unaltered by you in capturing this shot. The shot does have interest but for me it's not a good fit for the challenge. Just my opnion though.