Orange Life Jacket

@Amir: Thanks. I wonder about the tilt-shift though since most of the detail in this image is in the same focal plane. It seems like a tilt-shift image needs to have a well defined/detailed foreground, middleground, and background.

@Ina: Thank you. I think the water color is primarily the result of a shallow bottom and a lot of suspended sediment.

@Gary: Thank you. Confession: this image originally included a part of the pier running along the left edge of the frame. It seemed like a good composition at the time but looking at the images on the computer I decided it just didn't work and cropped it out.

@JoeB: The jacket is a detail I didn't notice when I took the photo. I was only trying to get a balance I liked between the figures on the pier. The life jacket was something I noticed in post-processing that set this image apart from the others.

@Carson: Thanks. I wasn't satisfied with the sky at first but after a little fiddling I decided the understatement and lack of detail worked best.

@Carlos M C Branco: Thank you.