Welcome to the exhibitionist corner of UHH. For a first submission this is a knockout. Actually its a knockout by any standard. Perfect exposure with good detail even in the deepest shadows. Wonderful late afternoon light reflects glow off the bright buildings into the shadows - a good example of the 'golden hour'. I think your composition is superb. At 100 % one is drawn deeper and deeper into the magic of this place - exquisite detail is revealed at every corner. I particularly like that the nearest bridge has under it the reflection of the next bridge which we cannot see. There is a bit of noise in the shadows, and a bit of CA (only visible at 100%) which is easy to fix. All in all "a great shot!"

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Hi, japakomom,\
your Program exposure worked well. Was this taken from a tripod or hand-held? At 1/45 sec I"'d never get that sharp...even with wide angle.\
Good use of hyperfocality.\
Composition results from a well-chosen scene and good camera position. There are leading lines of perspective galore with the disappearance point at the end of the canal...and the roughntriangles of sky and water meet about there as well.\
The depth of the scene pulls me into it and I feel as if I ought duck as I approach the first bridge.}

The vertical format work well with the submitted scene. I do, however, suggest consideration of a square format with this full width but centered on the near canal bridge. The sky and its reflection and the full depth of the image endure with less upward distraction of the eye away from all the interesting aspects of the canal and its immediate environment. Not sure to what, if any, improvement that might make, if any, but I'd like to see it tried.

I like this image.
Dave in SD.