Thanks, TheDrift. That was a great day (they are both from Tuesday before last). If only all days could be like that one...
Since you asked for C&C, I'll throw in my $0.02, for what it's worth (probably about $0.02). The scene has some good visual interest with light showing behind the trees and nicely picking out the moss-covered mound. You have a clear foreground, middleground and background (log, mound, trees and beyond), so the photo has some good depth. The tall trees in the background seem to gesture toward the source of the light on the mossy mound, which sort of puts those two realms of the photo in dialogue. As is often the case with woodsy locations, however, you had a lot of 'clutter' to deal with. There are stray branches intruding into the scene, a lot of strong lines that don't necessarily play well together, and the large area of leaves catching light just above the mound is competing with it. Maybe you didn't need to include quite so much in the frame. That moss-covered mound is very interesting, and I wonder what sort of composition you could have found a few steps closer to it.
