The composition is good.The exposure is good too.My eye goes to the houses and boats first.I like your eye for this comp, its the subject that lacks interest for me.North Shore?.

Nice capture, maybe if it was a bit brighter would be better, at least for me.

I agree, you need more light. If you capture this on a sunnier day, not only will the sky and stuff be brighter, but you may get some stunning reflections on the water as well.
I like the divisions of space in this photo- the crooked "L" of the shoreline, the nice proprtion of what is above and below the skyline.
Good luck with your class, and keep posting!

But, nobody is there in bench to watch the river!!??
Wish you goodluck in your class and have wonderful
photographs. Nice work indeed!

Hey Hallia,
It's been a long time that I've seen an image from you,
I was a great fan of your mysterious green faerie style images, but I understand not many photography classes would allow those,

I agree with the other comments about the brightening up (especially the snowy foreground), and the more or less distracting boats on the right,

All in all, I like the idea of a quiet place sitting aside a lovely winterly river scene,
Nicely done,

Thanks for sharing
Wish you lots of luck from Europe
Kind♥regards
Tim

PS; how is your first year in Massachusetts
♥

Thanks for your comments everyone! There were some brighter images (when the sun obligingly came out from behind the clouds) but I over-exposed and it was sort of this big blob of white.

As far as the light differences go, you could use a bit more. But the angle and the subject matter is very good.

That being said.

It's GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!

Haven't seen you in a while on here. How's life?