I spent a lot of time debating if I should use this image at all. All the rocks were covered with small flowers and it looked like a mess. I had to use clone stamp tool and healing tool to clean it up in photoshop. I also wasn't sure about the color grade. Let me know your opinions.
Don't worry about sounding harsh, just say what you really think.
maybe the one that contained flowers and leaves could be better if cropped or focused on a specific part of it? Maybe removing the annoying ones only and keep the rest would add some variance to this pic? can u upload the original one?
Here's the original.
I think that the scene has potential, David, but the composition lacks something - I'm inclined to say "structure", although it's hard to put into words. The large central rock draws my eye, which then seems to wander a bit randomly. For my taste, a centred subject or focal point is rarely ideal, unless it IS the image - say, a museum artifact on plain background. Depending on what's out of shot, David, I think I might have swung left, to include more of the water rushing towards the rock.
I don't mind the flowers - they suggest spring, and imply movement apart from the water's. The leaves could go.
Here's the best reframing I could manage without cloning on at the left edge. I've increased mid-tone contrast, and fiddled with the colours to emphasise the water's coolness.
BTW your original is square - isn't that cropped then? You seem to have made the image with a Canon EOS camera with 2:3 aspect ratio.