Great to hear that you like the feedback @boddhisattva!
Maybe a ND1000 filter would have helped indeed. What was the real shutter speed by the way? I'm very curious!

Haha that's funny, I normally sharpen my pictures too, especially in ones where great detail is present in my subject. In this case, I think the slight blur of the picture made it look more dreamy and shifted the focus to the beautiful colors more.

Thanks again for your kind words!

Have a great evening