Night at the Dam
by bryantbus

Comment:
I agree with what the other commenters said. Try toning it down quite a bit to see what you get. Look at the other shots in this challenge that use lights reflecting on water as models.

Drifting without you...
by xianart

Comment:
I like the idea a lot (which is why I have my own fogbound boat shot in my portfolio). The text is hard to read, as others have noted, but to me what made me vote 5 vs. higher is the orientation.

Fog seems to me to be about isolation. No one expects there to be anything else far above the water, so what really drives home that point is to show nothing else ON the water. If you have the room, try a landscape crop to see how it looks.

Greetings from the Seashore
by noraneko

Comment:
This definitely feels like a touristy postcard. :) I think it lacks some "pop," and I'm not sure what to suggest. Either way, though, a fine entry.

The Water's Fine
by JuliBoc

Comment:
This was a fun idea! :) Nice colors on the birds, too.

Reach for the Sky
by quiet_observation

Comment:
I like the angle a lot, but since it's not centered, the centered text makes it look ... disjointed? Centered often isn't as interesting, but it would work well for this symmetrical view, so try to make it really centered.

Also, try a more interesting font.

I missed this in voting, but would've given it a 6. With the changes above, maybe higher. :)

Greetings from Switzerland !
by Noel_ZH

Comment:
I'm one of your many 10s. PLEASE do a "How'd they do that?" pice on this.

I still don't understand how you got from the original to the final. Tone mapping? What's that?

Come Home Soon
by PhantomEWO

Comment:
Wow - what a crazy shot! I like it. :)

Flashpoint of the world
by LevT

Comment:
I gave you a 10. This, to me, looks so much like a postcard that I expect to see it when I got Israel someday. :)

Weather is here, wish you were beautiful
by MichaelC

Comment:
I gave you a 10. A friend of mine and I both thought this was just perfect as a postcard.

Texas
by Jutilda

Comment:
Ha! I should've known this was yours, Jutilda. Some people shoot their kids, you shoot cows. :)