I'm going to try that. But not just now- it's too damn cold!

Yes, I certainly like that one.

Minimalist. Perfection. I also like the suggestion of motion from foreground to ........ where-ever.

Yes, I agree with Graham. Being something of a minimalist, I would have seized on that contrast and played with just the two elements - tree crown(s) and clear sky. The pollarded trees by St. Edmund's church might be similarly treated. It was certainly a profitable walk, however!

Even the thumbnail demanded that this one be viewed. This is an excellent shot. I like the non-level presentation of it too.

Do the trees set off the deep blue or does the deep blue set off the trees? Lovely image.

Well, for a first image you have really made a flurry, optically, metaphorically and almost metaphysically, although I'm not sure which side of the square Giulio is on? I agree with him about the dark portion at the bottom, which might be amenable to some detail recovery and lightening, rather than cropping if you still have the original.

I guessed whose this one was the second I saw it. Every image of this youngster has been a winner and this is no exception. It is a masterpiece.

I certainly wouldn't like to get lost in there. It might be OTT, as you put it, but it works.

Creative, unusual and well executed.