Long exposure photo of Rose River Falls partially frozen over, yet featuring some leftover autumn leaves swirling in the stream below. Located in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA. Also a variant of this image digitally manipulated to include an African penguin. Otherwise scientifically known as Spheniscus demersus, and deliberately meant as an out of place element within a scenic winter waterfall thousands of miles away from its natural habitat.
Special thanks to artist Brin Kennedy Weins for isolating the African penguin as part of a personal commission, and granting me permission to publish this resulting image.