A beautiful spot! It looks ideal for you to sit on the bench and wash your feet! I cannot see your fiddling? Maybe i should visit specsavers

beautiful capture; I love the colored branched in top of the image

Very well taken !!

Wow, that is overflow.

The ducks are enjoying the temporarily enlarged pond.

Its a Beautiful view.

Beautifully processed and pretty place. I was thinking the same thing-the ducks have a larger pond for swimming now.

What a gorgeous spot, well captured Andrea.

Beautiful pic

Super scene Andrea :)

A lovely peaceful scene Andrea.

Excellent shot Andrea, the rain must have been torrential

WOW! That must have been alot of rain, but I am sure the ducks appreciate it :-) Glad it was not your beautiful pond. !!

This is gorgeous and it seems to prove my theory that ducks and other aquatic birds are beginning to express expansionist tendencies: sure you can blame rain and a blocked culvert, but I wonder if it wasn't the ducks (in little orange work-vests and hard-hats) blocking it: a dead giveaway might have been the earth-moving equipment with the company name, "Quack, Quack, & Quack" emblazoned on the side. Okay, maybe that has nothing to do with this image, but then, I do ramble on a bit. Now, as for the image: it's rather peaceful. The water, though it's broken its bank, is gorgeous: so still and peaceful looking, and I agree. That bench is perfectly placed for someone to have a nice combination sit-down and foot wash. The painterly effect is nice and subtle and it works really wall with the original photo. This has a nice, dreamy quality to it.

I can't help but think of our own Lincoln Park from this version, as well as the original version. (Almost every park shot, in my gallery, is Lincoln Park. Chip, above, would know it intimately. And lol, his comment.) Your treatment is felt, but subtle. You let the soft silvery feel of the shot come through. And the light partially dissolves the stringy leaves on top. A very fall-like scene, rich but tinted blueish-silver and gray, hues of late fall brings. (In the midwest, we'd call these very "November-y" hues.) There's a purple tint to it all, too. I don't know how low the pond was, pre-rain, but it has a lazy lay-around feel after the rain. Another atmospheric, soft and mystical-feeling shot of water and trees, from you. And it looks like a little paradise to rest in. Moody and beautiful. Andrea, I've hit 2 full hours, so my first long journey in your gallery (in some weeks) must come to an end for today. (Right about the 2 hour mark, my words start to pack up and call a taxi.) But it is a pleasure-supreme, a real treasure to come here for a long visit. I'll be back...but I can say I visited Andrea today! Wonderful work as always. A glorious array...

It does look like a serene place to see again, especially with the beginning of the submersion by the tree ... and all that moss around it, makes it even more appealing. BB

I like your version best. Beautiful scene from your Claude Monet period I'm guessing.

The ducks don't seem to mind at all; that's a lot of extra water, I hope it's gone back to normal by now. We've had some flooding issues like that too, but it's been so dry for a couple of weeks now that there's not a puddle anywhere. I hope that changes soon!

Hope you had your wellies .

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

Very interesting capture! I love Chip's idea of how the blockage occurred. it is a beautiful scene

I love your painterly thing, and the subdued, pale colors are absolutely lovely!

Marvelous capture and thanks for the flicker version also adds to it to see the whole thing!

I would venture on to that first bench to relax and enjoy the view. It would be worth getting my feet wet!