this shot has back-lighting all right. although it is making those people in silhouette. also the foreground is overwhelmingly front lit.
now front-lit foreground looks beautiful because of the background sunset light. as you can see i am confused, i will not vote for this image and only leave my comment. if it wasn't for this challenge, my vote would have been 8. good luck.
Since all my photo equipment was stolen and I am camera-less, I will spend time now voting...
Interest - 2
Theme Interp - 3
Technical Merit - 3
Personal Bias - 2
TOTAL - 10
Great contrast between warm colors in the foreground, and cool colors in the background. The people add to this photo in that they provide a sense of scale. Great shot.
Amazing Photo! :) Wouldn't it have been nice to have a doorway wide enough to move a few feet to the right to frame the scene with the three people or maybe a few feet to the left to remove the artifact...just for comparison purposes. However, since I wasn't there, I am sure you thought of these...Excellent Photo as it stands! :)
Nice image - Great saturation and tones here with lots of interest - The orange and blue colours compliment very well and the added bonus of some human interst is great. Very well done.
Maybe not the flash fill light. I do like that cloud and people in the distance. I'd layer and darken the right side and foreground to print or show elsewhere.
Oh my god! This photo is great in so many ways. I like how your sky differs in different areas of the photo and how you got the water to stand out in the photo. Nice shot. I wish you luck and say: "Bring out a blue!"