My first free study entry. I caught this view wandering around the parks along Lake Michigan. The ducks in the foreground are a little soft, but this was the best of the many pictures I took from this location. I think I could use some Photoshop help to saturate the sky a little; it seems overexposed to me.
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I gave this a 7. One of the landscapes I liked because of the contrasts - not in tones, but in content - the ducks, the trees, the serenity, and the city in the background. Thought it quite well done, actually.
This is a very pretty scene. I gave it 5 though, because my eye is lead by the shore line to the upper right, and when I get there the buildings look washed out and the opposite shore is too dark. In other words, when I get to the destination, there's not much to see. I think all this could be corrected in PS. I would try to make the bright trees a little more vibrant too -- not just saturation, but more highlights and maybe a bit of color adjustment. I might even try cropping the bottom to a little below the three distant ducks. I don't think the ducks in the foreground add much, and there is a lot of empty water in the lower right quadrant.
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