This is actually next to a fairly major road in a large East Bay suburb. Taken on an overcast day near dusk.
-Handheld, Manual mode
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Hue/Saturation adjustments to Reds and Yellows
-RGB Curve
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH = 5
-Crop a tiny bit from right and top to reduce file size
-SaveAs USM at quality 6/10 = 300KB
Resized original:
Alternate/outtake:
Thanks to Bear_Music for advice on color adjustments.
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You had a good subject but your treatment doesn't do it justice. The fact that the image is sharp from front to end makes all the elements blend into one another.
I think a shallow depth of field and maybe a slightly soft focus on the whole image would make this pop. Maybe also crop out the hot spot of the sky reflecting in the water?
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