I know there's lore that says to get a tree or branch in the shot to help frame the subject, I'm not a fan of the technique. To me it just makes a barrier between the viewer and the subject. I think this image is a lot stronger if cropped down to be just the mountain and its reflection. With the little whiff of clouds boiling over it especially; the clouds just get lost in the frame otherwise.
Nice job getting the entire scene in focus, from the foreground trees to the mountains. However, while I often like natural borders, in this case I think the photo could have been better without the foreground trees, as the mountains are so spectacular, I don't want to have any part of them covered up.
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