Landscape Photo Competition 2014 No 6
Results
Winning Photo

This is a bold shot with the horizon smack along the middle. You have managed the warmth of this sunset nicely, even the sun is good to look at. Pure gold.

Thank you for the badge and the nice compliment! My name is Petra van der Luer and the shot was taken with the Olympus OMD EM10 in my home town Zeewolde, in the Netherlands. Thanks to the sun it looks far more exotic than it actually is, it's just a narrow waterway surrounded by farmland. It's funny that you mention the horizon, it always takes me a while to determine where I want that to be and in this case I chose just a tiny bit above the middle. Post processing was minimal, a little noise reduction, and some levels adjustment done in Faststone.