Brilliant! I crave shots like this one. As a wallpaper it works so well because of large blocks of colour, but as a standalone photo it is also top class. Can you reveal anything about the photo like shutter speed, aperture, lens used and any post processing done to bring out those fantastic blues. Well done. Downloaded and favs.
Very nice night shot. Very sharp with pleasant reflections on the water. Although I like the strong blue of the sky, I find that there is a lot of "negative space" and that the photo could look even better from a tighter cropping.
Rob
But surely a bit of negative space is good for the wallpaper aspect... as this site would have you believe. But I agree, for a print and hang on your wall type image... I'd go thin-strip panoramic.
No post-processing, I toyed with sharpening it but ended up leaving it at the shot setting (picture style of Landscape, sharpness set at 4).
I used the Rebel Xti Kit lens (18-55) which rarely comes out of my bag except for when I don't have room with my 50/1.8 or 70-200/4. Once I held up the 12x18 print (the negative space works very well in my opinion) I found new respect for the lens.