Waterfall on Mont-Morency

What you see

The falls drop on a slant just left of center, between two rock walls crowned with dark conifers. At their foot a wide basin of greenish water, dotted with stones, fills the lower part of the picture. On the right a grassy tongue of rock juts into the water, and on the left bank, among dark trees, a tiny figure can just be made out.

The palette is somber, all grays, browns and near-black greens, and the white water gathers all the light. Spray rises from the base and blends into the overcast sky. Seek out the thin threads of water running down the left-hand cliff, and the touch of orange leaves in the lower left corner.