First Day of Summer Break - CC please.

Learning PS4, working on composition, and trying to figure out what works in general...

1) lots of post editing... removing people from the water.... comments much appreciated and tips on how to improve even more appreciated.

2) i was aiming for sun rays, but the background was blown out.... a higher f stop brought the background more in focus than i liked... any suggestions.
Canon 7D
50mm Focal distance
f/3.5
1/250
ISO 100

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Love the second shot but its just too red for my liking! just tone down the redness and I think it will be awsome!

I love both. But, the sky in 1 is to grey and there is too much of it.
and i agree with porky101 the 2nd is a bit red

I did a red reduction, not too much though.

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try a tighter crop on the first one and take out some of the red tone in the second one... I like the comp of the second one...

how's this for less red?

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