Dawn breaking on downtown San Diego, California. The city moto is "America's Finest City", so that's where the title came from.
Adjusted levels, curves and channel mixer to boost reds and blues a bit. Then saved as JPEG, ran through Neat Image with some of the options toned down a bit. Wanted sky noise reduced, without too much effect on the water. Loaded back into PS, ran "10D Finisher" sharpening action, resized, and a final mild sharpening. (Then I had to zoom in and clone out a couple of the more obnoxious halos that developed.)
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Beautiful colours, nicely composed, the only thing I would really change is the border. Your photo is great on its own the border IMO adds nothing to it.
The blockiness of the buildings is almost suggestive of the profiles of Stonehenge. It's a very evocative image. Simplicity and elegance. Nice composition.
Nice shot. The horizon seems slightly tilted down to the right which could be easily corrected. I think that this shot has a sense of tranquility to it. I would have experimented by placing the horizon at different parts of the image. Placing it centrally would have furthermore added to the mood of the shot.
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