Lovely leading lines, i feel this shot would again be better as a landscape to allow you to get more of the hills in. Can I ask why you "Shot blind with the camera held high above my head"?
I was drawn to the texture and colours of the shoreline and wanted to give the feeling of looking down at it. But I couldn’t seem to get that view from a normal standing point. So I simply held the camera as high as I could, pointing well down and trusted to luck and the cameras review function :-)
Lovely leading lines, i feel this shot would again be better as a landscape to allow you to get more of the hills in. Can I ask why you "Shot blind with the camera held high above my head"?
Pretty, but I'm disappointed that the mountains are chopped off. Title tells me to look for sun, but the focus seems to be the shore. My eye wants to see more of the red hills. That's a great curve on the shoreline though.
Stunning color and detail. Good work with the composition as well. I like the elevated view and the diagonal lines really give this image something extra. I think maybe a tighter crop would work better. Althought I do like the green those trees provide. Great job.
Composition: 6 - The crop at the top seems a little tight, but the leading lines of the shore work well to guide the eye. Shame there's nothing at the end of them.
Technical: 6 - Seems oversharpened to me, and a bit on the bright side, but not too bad.
Creativity: 5 - I think with something in the shot to give it a point of interest it would look more unique.
Appeal: 5