Had to underexpose by 2 stops so the sky wouldn't be blown out. Then I brightened up the foreground in photoshop using the shadows command which can be very useful.
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First Impression - the most important one: Lovely colors in the sky and a quite attractive landscape shot.
Composition: Composition here looks very good. You have plenty of interesting lines along the horizon, and the proportions of land to sky are pleasing as well.
Subject: From the title of the shot, I understand that the spikey bushes are the subject of this shot. Not by any means a bad choice for this challenge, though there were likely some viewers who would have liked a stronger shape.
Technical (Colour, focus, and light): Focus on this shot looks just right, nothing to change there :-) Colors on shots like these are a little more difficult because of the sky. Like you state in your notes, it can be difficult not to blow out the sky--something you surely don't want to do with colors like this! So you certainly made the right choice. But then what do you do with the land? In my opinion, the colors are true to life, but I think the photo would have more impact if the greens were more vibrant. Perhaps some adjustments to the saturation of the greens would help.
To grow its vote?: I think that this is a lovely photo which probably caught the attention of many of the voters, most notably because of the sky. There were probably some voters who didn't feel strongly about the spiky plants as a subject. I think you have some lovely shapes and lines in the hills that might have done as shapes as well.
Summary: A beautiful landscape! For more color in the greens, try boosting the saturation levels a bit. Composition and other technical aspects look good. Great job on exposing the sky!
I don't know if your intention was to capture those rays in the background sky, but they're much more interesting than your subject! Those are ante-crepuscular rays. Look it up on the web. Very, very cool.
Contact me about these rays. Where was the sun? In front of you or behind you. I find this an interesting photo. The shape is not has impressive as the pattern. Was it more colorful to your eye? Good luck.
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