IMHO, That is a beautiful pond with the fall trees, leaves or not.
That just goes to show different strokes for different folks and it can still work.
Some of the above comments made me think (A scary thought!) if some one wants tress and still does not want as many leaves in the pond as could be had due to high winds and such,a layered approach could be utilized, at least in my mind. Shorter dwarf trees/ tall hedge like Crete Myrtle closer to the shore for some shade if placed and controlled well, then larger trees bushes/hedges and then the bigger trees. The stuff closer and lower to the ground near the pond would catch some, maybe even a lot, of the leaf debris and give some spot shade as designed. A little of both worlds even with high winds the lower bushes/tress could slow down the wind and break it up some in my mind. Just a little thinking out loud.
