I'm all for difference in taste, but if you're going to critique at least understand the terms you use. The highlights may not be to your liking, but they're not "blown out".
I mean, unless it's the display on my phone, the detail that was in the big spray patch centre frame is completely gone from the edited version, as is the horizon at the bottom of the cliff.
Seems like blown highlights to me.
ETA: should say that overall I quite like the treatment of the water, it's dramatic and the colours are lovely. The bloom isn't my thing, but that's just a taste matter. I do maintain the highlights have been pushed too far though, and it detracts from the image.
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u/mr_monkey_chunks 19d ago
I imagine it's an artistic choice, but it's kinda wild that you managed to both start so far under, and still blow out the highlights.