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Very nice.

Larry, Thank You.

I like the print overall. Was it cloudy? It would be nice to have some texture in the sky. I would have tried to crop the branches in the upper right.

I aye Rlibersky, the sky wants to be more important to give full credibility to such an enticingly beautiful scene. Nevertheless, the picture is truly salubrious for the mind, Hi Ho. - David Lyga

David, Thank You. 'Makes me think. Possibly using wider lens, maybe closer to the water to hang on to the stone detail in the foreground? 'Would make the buildings recede some & give more sky. 'Was a rather bland, gray day, so the sky would bring only a bright mantel.

I was going to say 'a bit less water in the front' but the pebbles were nice to look at. - David.

I have a weakness for objects under the water surface. Its entirely possible that less water could still show the pebbles & have some sky. The gray kept me from thinking sky. Gimme a brooding sky & I love it (the St. Patrick's shot at dusk).
As always, you get me thinking in good directions. 'Hope you're very well, David.

I think that the trick is to avoid seduction. By keeping one's mind 'disinterested' (never UNinterested) in the topic, one becomes better at deciphering what is right and what is wrong.

Look at the scene objectively, no matter how much you are in love with it (much of the reason for short-lived marriages, by the way!), and decide what 'works' and what does NOT. Leaving emotion for the very end, you (and I mean me, you, everyone) tend to self-correct from the onset.

The eye tends to go toward the most light: in this case, the sky. The eye becomes slightly disappointed because that light reveals nothing interesting. Countering this is the beauty you have recorded, which tends to ameliorate that first fault. The picture is welcoming and warm. But one can always do more justice to the scene. - David Lyga

Ear to ear grins, David. Thank You (again). I *do* get distracted & seduced away from the whole composition. In other areas its been called 'target fixation', and has sim

I dunno, I like the pebbles under the water. The sky, well, in the darkroom I'd try to burn in the sky like crazy to try to bring out SOME texture, but that building in the background is unfortunate. Maybe crop away the sky and the building and sacrifice the one little bit of roof on the left side, to bring us back to the boats? The pebbles sorta act a little as leading lines, or at least some foreground interest to keep us from falling out of the frame.