Notes on ABSTRACTION at Ox-Bow Lakes and the River Rheidol, Ceredigion 2003

I have 'lived' with this image for almost ten years and I am still uncertain if it works as a successful abstraction. Obviously it shows some small branches and grasses in a low water stream with the refelction of the trees confusing the viewer because trees are not normally found at the bottom of a picture! But does it work as a composition? Should the small branches and grasses be central in the composition? Is it too much of an optical allusion to be taken seriously? I am still unsure if a success.