This image shows your sense of perspective and instinctive grasp of negative space, Lisbeth. You make use of five different layers of content to express your idea -- the bare tree embraces the icy ground to pull the viewer into the focal point -- the two swans who are in each other's physical space but do not acknowledge it. That is tension within the negative space running between their elongated necks. The water extends the illusion of depth deeper into the image, leading to a distant slope on the horizon that repeats the slope of the tree. Did you think about all of these things as you made this shot? I doubt it. You acted instinctively, and your instincts were sound.
