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The shot was taken on the Southern coast of Java, Indonesia. Would

welcome reviews and critique.

Well, to start from the obvious, this has such a  beautiful light and overall place seems like a distant paradise island. So, those elements are ok.

But... To my eye, there are some basic matters that would need some attention. At first, this seems to tilt a little to the left, so the horizon is not leveled to the balance. Then, those wooden planks and such, at the lower left corner, those are a little bit disturbing, especially when they situate at so close to the island. Perhaps, shooting from a little bit different angle would have kept the view clear without those planks. Finally, to my eye, the main subject is the silhouette of the island and the light forms the silhouette. The position of the main subject is vital for keeping the image interesting. By positioning the island to the middle of the image is like putting it to the most uninteresting place of the image area. Sometimes such composition works very well, but now the wooden elements destroy the balance of the image and hence leave this a little bit cluttered.

So, I`d love to get to see this lovely view from a little bit more from the right and composed so, that the island would be about one third lower or one third higher than what it is now. :-)

I hope that you don`t mind my opinion and cropping the original!

So, here is a rough suggestion of mine, this is now a panoramic image, but hopefully it delivers my view of the overall composition. :)

Superb colors and depiction...

Sorin

great shot of an amazing place..  to me, the water crashing ashore in the foreground/left is a bit of a weak point, personally i think it would look better if more blurred via longer exposure or, the otherway round: if it were sharper via shorter exposure time (of course, probably easy to say!) .. all in all a special image and a pleasure to look at.. best regards..

tarek

Thanks Tarek and Sorin for your suggestive comments. It really goes a long way to provide the necessary encouragement to go forward.