Finding beauty in the ugly

So I decided to visit a new park and found it in a most ugly state. The river had overflowed its banks to a very high extent and a lot of the forest floor was deluged in mud and debris (like shopping bags and swaths of dead leaves). As I walked around though, it began to show me some gems worth sharing -

Unknown bush/small tree greening up -
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...9_DMmp9-XL.jpg

Maple blossoms overhang the river -
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...1_jLZni-XL.jpg

High riverbank -
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...2_YBAYs-XL.jpg

Overhanging trees in B&W -
http://wickeddark.smugmug.com/Nature...8_SzXzS-XL.jpg

anyway, this park has potential once spring really and truly takes over. Plus it has lots of maples (including sugars which give us that lovely orange in the fall) and other deciduous trees, so it might be worth going back to someday. thanks for looking. Comments welcome.

Very nice series, I like that 2nd shot especially.

#2 is sweet. We get a lot of garbage along the river I shoot by also. Litterbugs suck.

Thanks much. the second shot was sort of a fluke, I had my attention fixed on something else along a great bend in the trail, then shot a glance over my shoulder and saw those branches. Went back.

well done.......Nice colors!

Great shots! I really like the last one. Love b&w :)

I really like the last one.

thanks you very much. The last one was sort of a challenge in its own right - it took me a while to find the right trees undraped with plastic bags after the river flooded its banks.