Wow, what a sunset, @dotremain! Looks to me like you edited it well for what you were working with. I’d probably suggest a slight crop on the right side of the photo to exclude the boat that’s heading its way off the edge of the frame, but other than that nothing major comes to mind. Yeah you could get nitpicky and start editing out elements in the photo that give it a slightly busy feel, but I am tending to think they lend themselves to the story the photo is telling. It’s not a landscape photo that you’d put in a calendar, but it tells the story of folks enjoying their time at the lake rather well.
Other than that, the conversation here had me amused as I can SO relate, but in a different way! To me, deserts, corn fields and flat topography sound quite interesting to photograph. I’ve got plenty of trees and hills all over the place and they tend to block any sort of view I could hope to attain. It’s a great illustration of “the grass being greener on the other side”, though. I think wherever we live, it’s easy to get accustomed to our surroundings and see them as plain or boring, whereas others see them as exquisite and unique. The conversation serves as a good reminder to be thankful when we have opportunity to visit other places and see sights that we wouldn’t normally see, but also be content where we are and enjoy capturing the beauty of God’s creation that does surround us! 🙂