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Manual 15mm 2.8 Sigma fisheye @ f2.8
This is the same place as "Evening Star" was shot.
It's basic editing in an advanced challenge so I expect that it will not be in the top 20. The guy in the image just happened to be there walking on the handrail.
My monitor was set too dark when the shot was edited. Here's the way it was supposed to look;
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I have looked at both shots, and I do like the correct image; its got great saturated colors and the near centered figure is unorthodox but lends to the leading lines of the sunrise rail. nice shot.
Good composition (although the pier near the horizon is a bit confusing)
Unfortunately, the whole shadows seem washed out, gray more than black, and the image lacks of contrast. A simple level's adjustment should fix that.
It looks like there is a film or something over the picture. You have no real black- I can understand that you may have been trying to perhaps get some more detail from the shadows but it makes the overall picture look washed out. A bit of contrast is generally helpful. I do like the figure in it and the colorful sky. There is a good picture hiding under there.
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