Perhaps not as spiritual as my geese, but very nice ;)
The setting doesn't look like what I would expect from your neck of the woods though... what it makes me think of is tundra, especially the way the pool seems somewhat on its own.
Amazing, the background reminds me of Alan Lee's illustration of the Dead Marshes from the Lord of the rings... and I just saw Anita's image from New Zealand :). Interesting how the painting texture is applied - is it a gradient from bottom to top or just naturally, as the scene goes out of focus?
I like how the mallards have small, more precise details while the background is chunkier and less precise. It lets you decide if they are flying over a marshy area or above the clouds, with water showing through the breaks. Lovely, lovely image.
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