Asher,
I shot a number of frames with variations around the basic composition. I even composed a couple in portrait mode. The line actually comes down under the bridge on which I was standing, so you don't actually see its starting point. Here is a composition after the sun got up. To me, it does not have the same serene feel as the one I showed in my blog post, but then it does have the added element of the canoe when the fishermen came out. In my blog post, I deliberately did not show the sun in any of the 3 images. (Note: I am still sorting through the photo shoot, so this is a quick rendering.)