Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by sidpixel:
Very picture postcard-ish though for personal preference I think I would have given more emphasis to the foreground water than the sky

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by Melethia:
Idyllic and lovely.

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by wildiris:
Very striking!

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by bubeltrubel:
really beautiful image

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by Jutilda:
This makes me cold, just looking at it. Almost like a diorama, and I'm peeking inside.

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by lukask:
beautiful place and feel to this image, so quiet...

Winter is Coming
by joisteini

Comment by galatia_n:
Beautiful scene.

City lights
by joisteini

Comment by aircooledguy:
Nice picture - I like the stretched out lights reflected on the water - 8

City lights
by joisteini

Comment by Neat:
Nice. 8

Hay bales
by joisteini

Comment by ace flyman:
Greetings from the Critique Club :-)

I see you signed up a little while ago and this is your first submission to a challenge. Congrats on taking the plunge. I scored the image a 5 in the challenge, here is why:

The base technical aspects is not bad. You composition is the strongest part of the image. I think the post processing of the image is the reason why it didn't score much higher then it did. The exposure is ok, but the lighting is a little flat. It's lacking contrast and color pop. It meets the challenge description well. I think the best advice I could give you is to study prior challenges that finished in the top 20. It helps to vote in challenges to give you some perspective on how successful images look/feel. We have some great tutorials here, along with the web it self. Keep shooting, reading & learning. It's fun to see how we start here and in time how we have improved.