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A tough shot for sure; this high contrast scene is very difficult to capture, thus the advent of HDR. I would clone out the intrusion in the bottom middle. With a little work on the contrast you could, IMO, greatly improve this shot. The composition is very strong and I think it is very much worth the effort to do little more work on this one. Keep up the good work.

shot in still rather harsh end-of-day light

Hi Craig,

thanks a lot for your thoughtful & expert advice.

next autumn better, I'd say...

cheers

Sam