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Critiques are welcome.

aaaaarg. I want! lovely winter sky, water, silhouettes. mmmmm.

Pastels and Reflections...the amount of dark forground is the only draw-back, still...a very nice photo...

I agree that the foreground seems a bit "heavy", but it's still a very lovely image.

Thanks very much guys. Yes, I agree about the dark foreground, but I felt I should sacrifice it for sky and water, which would have been blown out and lost impact. C'est la vie.

Stunning, eye catching, reflections amazing.

Beautiful and peaceful - nice colors and reflections.

A very beautiful image Hanna, I don't mind the darkness, the color and reflection are stunning.

Hanna, your pleasing image can use a strong visual anchor or focal point. An image editor can be used to restore detail captured by your digital camera yet unresolved to keep the highlights good as you said. The foreground water can be separated from the dock and the chain post can serve as the focal point... best regards - Gary

Gary, that's a definite improvement. How about some tips.

Hanna, on this I used PhotoImpact... made a softened selection of the dark water area, copied and pasted it onto a new "canvas", "levelled" (brightened) the copy 75%, cut and repasted that atop the selected area and fully blended (replaced) it.

 

Ask, any time - Gary

Okay, I guess I can't put it off any longer. I'm just going to have to get out the manual.

Hanna, a beautiful image, both before and after Gary's modifications.

Its a gorgeous photo. I guess I am in the minority because I happen to like the way the foreground is so dark. I think it adds to the appeal. At least it does for me.

Thanks again to recent visitors. I'm always happy to see the old uploads get dusted off. This is still one of my favourites, mainly because the photo reminds me of being there, which was sooo much better.