I'm really into goth rock and new wave. My favorite band is The Birthday Massacre. The guy in my avatar is, in fact, a guy. His name is Mana from the band Malice Mizer.
I like this quite a bit. I ahven't seen the original, but I would guess that you softened the white glare to make the snow appear smooth, subtracted color contrast from one side (or added it to another) and added extra ripples in the water. I give this a 9, well done! :-)
I hold it true that thoughts are things; They're endowed with bodies, breath and wings:
And that we send them forth to fill the world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought speeds forth to earth's remotest spot, leaving it's blessings or it's woes like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, thought by thought for good or for ill, yet know it not.
Yet so the universe was wrought .
Thought is another name for fate.
Choose then thy destiny and wait, for Love brings Love and Hate brings Hate. - Henry Van Dyke.
Pretty... and, yes, very tranquil. As Alexis wrote, it has a magical feel to it or perhaps it is only the unseen forces of nature suspended in a wintery calm.