It's a beautiful photo, but it does appear to suffer from low resolution. Was it taken on a compact?

It was taken on a cannon powershot sd750 point and shoot. I just got photo shop and was playing around.

The colors of the sky are incredibles!!!

With some judicious cropping this could still be a powerful shot - even with all the noise pollution.

Best,
Jon

I can't really add on to what has already been said...the colors are beautiful!

Thanks so much for the comments. I did play around with straightening the horizon at first but kept coming back to the angled version. I liked the various vertical lines throughout the photo. Thanks for the suggestions.

... meant diagonal, not vertical...

I also think that the horizon is distracting. Given where it is in the frame and you tried straightening it, did you try getting rid of it altogether? Doing this on screen seems to allow my eye to immediately focus only on the boy (?) and that fabulous shadow.

I just used the scroll bar cropper & agree, it's much better getting rid if the horizon. Thanks so much.

Yes great shot would have to agree with cropping of the horizon!! Keep the shutter clicken !!

Andy

Great moment captured.

The scenery is great: black/white contrasts, waterscape, and mountains. I'm not sure about skies, they a just a white area.

As for the human presence, it looks to an extent disproportional to the scenery. I think cropping everything above water, like this would add impact.

don't fall in!

I agree with soreks (Fedor Soreks) regarding the sky. Choosing to keep it, you could have burned it a bit to get some detail there. Better yet, cropping as soreks mentioned would enhance the overall look of the photo, adding great impact on the subject.

very incredible photo.
wow!

wow this sky is stunning.
Great shoot.

Me gusta. Sólo creo que la esquina izquierda inferior que tiene demasiada oscuridad.
Saludos

Fotón!! Aunque si las dos esquinas de la izquierda (arriba y abajo de la imagen) no estuvieran tan oscuras, la imagen sería tremenda!!

Saludos

Visually stunning!

What a lovely sky and message is communicated by this photo! Outstanding work.

Best,
Jon

nice contrast.

This ought to be featured!

Lovely silhouette! I think this is just beautiful!

Beautiful image! Great composition.

What more can be said! Instant fave!

Best,
Jon

The sun is powerful, lighting the lantern. It is a nice shot.

Great Capture!

Well seen - great timing on your shot. Love it.

Best,
Jon

Effectivement les nuages et le cadre sont superbes..
Le traitement des couleurs donne quelque chose d'un peu irréel - on pourrait se croire quelque part comme sur Neptune (si celle-ci était habitée..) - mais justement c'est ce qui donne aussi ce charme intemporel..
Où est-ce ?

Coincido con KidJim en cuanto a las nubes y el marco, son espectaculares y las siluetas lo pontencia aun más. Enhorabuena. Saludos

PD. Creo que podría entrar tambien en tema Siluetas.

Thank you for your passage on this image. The place it is Nice, at the end of the "Promenade des Anglais" ;)

Rhalala... tu me fais concurrence avec les tons bizarres ? :)))
Excellent, j'adooOOOore !

Merci Martine pour ton ressenti exprimé. Je ne te fais aucune concurrence, j'en serais honoré ;)
Par contre, ta photo a dû m'inspirer.
A bientôt.

great shot

Thanks, Petra.

~IT LOOKS LIKE HEAVEN!!!!~

MY SIS loves IT

Simple. And a bit surreal. Me likes.

What is that????

Anyway...
It looks cool

The sky is indeed wonderful. Did you use any postprocessing on this? The silhouette of the tree is very nice, just above the other tree lines. The other trees give a nice depth to the picture.

it seems that the ska is a bit oversaturated, but the rest is really nice

I love the colors and the composition, but either I'm blind or my monitor isn't clear - I can't even find a watermark!

The skys colors are amazing. Nice capture.

AMAZING