I have taken many photos living here for over 20 years, this is prior to moving and I knew I would no longer run out my back door for a shot like this.
Beautiful lighting and color. I think a symmetrical framing with the channel being the dividing line would work well here. The palm trunk on the far left is a bit distracting. That portion of the image seems a bit extraneous. The best touch in this photo are the ripples in the foreground. Beautiful.
Virginia, A wonderfully coloured sky, and an excellent scenery for a fabulous photo..... The birds in the canal are a very subtle detail, but I think the composition is slightly off; I'm not trying to be negative, merely constructive.....:) I would have zoomed out as far as I could've (unless there are really distubing things off picture I'm not aware of) and try to include the left palm; in its present composition, the trunk is rather distracting. Also, I would have chosen the horizon a bit lower, in order to capture as much of the colours in the sky (truely amaising, the gradient from pink to blue is superb!) as I could. And, last, I would not have chosen the centered composition of the canal in the picture. IMHO, it makes the image a bit dull. Hope this is somewhat helpful, but luckily Photography is a subjective matter.....:)
Wow.....I hope your new home also has some nice views. This is very nice, only nit is the tree on the left side of the frame..might have cropped this out. Good shadow detail, tonality.
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