A young stand of trees, at rivers edge, with a dusting of frost. The flare effect was added in PS in order to emphasize the counter light. There was a tiny bit of flare in the original exposure which I had tried hard to avoid. In the end, I thought that strong flare and ghosting was appropriate to the emotion of the scene.
This is an excellent photo! You're right - the flare and ghostliness is very appropriate for the emotion here... excellent work putting this together :)