The creek the runs through our town. I thought the leaves were so pretty this year that I was trying to take some last minute pictures. This photo does do the leaves justice but the water looks awesome.
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I really like the colours in this image; the reds, yellows, and greens of the leaves fit well with the light blue in the sky. As well, the way you composed the river works well by providing oblique lines and allowing for a great reflection of the sky.
As was already mentioned, the trees could probably be brighter in this shot. Of course, the editing ruleset prevented you from lighting the trees without blowing out the sky even more.
Unfortunately, the first thing I noticed in this shot was the railing that blocks the bottom fifth of the image. It is distracting and really contrasts with the reflection in the water. I'd guess this image would have scored higher in the 5s had you composed the image without the rail.
Finally, there are some jpeg artifacts at the top of the trees. At first I thought they were simply unavoidable in such a busy image, but it appears you saved your image at only 50 kilobytes. You could have improved the image quality quite a bit up to the limit of 150 kb, and it's unfortunate that you didn't present this image at the maximum quality allowed for the challenge.
Overall, it's a nice shot of what I'm sure is a beautiful location.
I like the idea of this. Good focus and reflection for the foreground is a smidge dark. Maybe if there were a person or bird, or something, it would give the shot a bit more punch.
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