This was mainly an excuse for me to try out my new lens :)
Shot in RAW along the bank of the Ohio River in Rochester, PA. Boosted the saturation a little, resized, used Noise Ninja, which helped to diminish the effects of a dust spot a bit.
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This is pretty nice, one of the better shots in the challenge, you make my top 10 list this time, love the clarity and composition in this one, nice work! 7 from me.
The composition looks good to me, and the central horizon works better here than it would in some other images, but I think it would be improved if the foreground was lit a little bit more strongly rather than being so dark and featureless - unless it is sufficiently messy that you were *trying* to keep it dark? In which case shooting from a different position may have been better.