I visited this spot on Sunday but got there too late and the sun was creating some washed out highlights. I went back yesterday and made a few images. There are Rosa multiflora brambles protruding into a wider view so I zoomed in on the most interesting part.
This is the closer section to my position. Last summer I shared this composition of the farther end which yesterday was mostly ice.
I like the glint of light and hint of color reflected in the upper cascade.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
I agree with you about that glint of light. In a different realm, I’ve valued a similar sheen on certain parts of plants, especially Clematis drummondii.
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I usually try to not have sunlight hitting the water but in this case it was happily unavoidable.
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“Happily unavoidable” is a good phrase.
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That’s an unusual, and yet familiar, color. I couldn’t quite place it, but I finally remembered the pair of satin heels I had dyed to match my senior prom dress. It had yellow roses and leaves scattered across it, and the leaves were just that color. I suspect “dyed satin heels” isn’t a phrase that’s going to be uttered by any of this year’s seniors.
In your photo, the smoothness and color of the cascade are a nice contrast to the globular ice on the left.
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I’m always happy to have textural contrasts in an image.
You’re right about the likelihood but from your description I’d say it would be their loss. I definitely would have been proud to have been your date with these shoes.
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It is refreshing to see water in motion again and no longer locked in as it seems in eternal ice. Spring is near. Your photo tells me that, Steve.
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Thanks, Peter. Yes, spring approacheth. We’re having a brief cold snap now but all the signs are there including returning robins.
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Yes, there are around here too. I even saw a hummingbird zipping by.
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It will be a while before we see hummingbirds here. They usually don’t show up until May. If it is warm enough maybe we might see a few in April.
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We must have a hardier variety.
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Very nice Steve! Loved the different “bumps” of movement!
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Thanks, Reed. Yes, I like waterfalls made up of cascades a bit more than one long drop.
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The light is lovely – it brings a feeling of life to the image and makes it sparkle.
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Thanks, Ann! I ordinarily am not looking to have bright highlights in a water image but certainly am happy about this one.
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Lovely light and many structured. Beautiful and full of life.
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Thanks, Ann-Christine. Full of life definitely is a description we like for our images especially as this year has passed us by.
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True.
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