It's the subtle touches...

Cold creek, originally uploaded by bnzai9.

[Holiday distractions behind me, I'm back on track]

This is one of the rarest shots I've seen in a while. At first glance, it's yet-another-excellent-water-picture. Nice rocks, nice water, good perspective and composition.

Then I looked a bit longer and started to see the subtle bits of color on the rocks. You have to look at this one a bit larger to really get it.

The bits of light/color change this from y-a-e-w-p to a rare bit of beauty.