Edited on vacation on laptop; not the best time or screen to edit on.
HDR from 3 exposures combined/tonemapped in Photomatix.
rotate (horizon is off but looks better IMO)
crop
dodge/burn
levels/curves
blur water
hue/sat
paint additional purple in multiply
resize
sharpen
save for web
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Starting to lose count of how many times I have seen this! It's a great subject, though. My employer handed out a calendar this year that included a shot of this, I could not believe how oversharpened with visible sharpening halos their calendar shot was.
This isn't a bad shot, but just too familiar. I understand the problem with not having interesting subjects on your doorstep, but in my opinion the subject has been milked enough. Going to have to vote this down. I try to be consistent regarding the matter.
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