It is light that makes reflections work. The light on the brilliantly yellow fall foliage on the opposite bank of this creek becomes diffused and softly blurred when reflected in the water. I chose not to photograph the reflection by itself. Rather, I used the shadowed stump of a long departed tree as a focal point to draw the eye and anchor the composition, surrounding it with rippling golden water. It becomes an impressionistic image, very much in the style of an impressionist painting.