What do you think, #2

I like to boost the contrast, saturation and skies a bit in every photo. However sometimes I wonder if I am overdoing it. Here's a couple. (In the first one, saturation was left untouched - it was very vivid to start with).

Should I lighten the sky up a bit in the first photo - does it look overdone / too dark ?

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looks good!

I lightened up the sky a bit in the marina photo (see #1 in the first post). Which one is better ? I was staring at them for so long I can't decide anymore.

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Tough call, go with the #1 with more blue for me.

I prefer the second image which has a good 3d effect, whilst the first has more masts than my brain can handle.

Your sky looks fine. I've had much bluer skies using a polarizer and Fuji Velvia film, so yours looks quite natural to me.

The prints look fine on this calibrated monitor.

I believe you are dealing with what I call the "garlic" effect and that is that some adjustments are like garlic; season to taste. Of course once you start tasting garlic you can get lost in the garlic and loose track of all other senses. The best thing to do like a good wine sampling is to leave the garlic alone and come back with a fresh and clean palette. Try the garlic again. At some point you will discover that the improvement curve essentially fizzles out and you have to simply pick the right amount of garlic and run with it.

Garlic aside There are so many things in this last photo, I know what you saw, I have hundreds of them, but when its posted, it loses the effect..composition could certainly be played with.or go back and isolate of few, compose it differently from another angle?
for me, this one needs an exit for the eyes, as it is, there is no where to lead the eye.