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Achieved.
My eye is drawn to light tones of the raft on the side facing the lens. Then my eye is drawn to the lights on the far side of the lake and I see an implied semi-circle tracing from the light to the boat, the water birds and to the raft. I liked the way you have connected the background and foreground using this implied line. I get a sense of serenity and stillness which, for me, is emphasised by the softer light, the dark tones and the soft disturbance in the reflection of the ladder on the raft. One element of the image that detracts from my enjoyment is digital noise I see in the sky. I would have given this image a higher evaluation had the distraction of the digital noise been addressed. Most digital software programs have options for minimising the visual impact of digital noise (e.g., Lightroom has the digital noise reduction tool and the dehaze tool, which either separately or together, could help achieve this).