Thanks everyone for the comments and votes. I suspect there is probably some dirt on my lens as I have never cleaned them - the reason being I have never really looked into how to clean them and therefore feel safer not touching them. I do have a UV filter on each of my lenses to protect the actual lens so the actual lens should be fine - which is pointless if I have grubby filters:)
I am seeing some spots in the clouds, looks like maybe your lens had some dried water spots? (I don't thinks it's my monitor??). Otherwise, nice photo with a "lonely" feel. Meets the challenge well.
Don't understand the title (or like it for that matter), but I really like the image. I get the feeling that the colors were not post-processed. Thanks.
Nice shot. Like the way the model is completely blacked out. The sunshine on the water hits a little hard, but it's still a very well composed and processed photo.