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An interesting twist on the "digital" appearance of office buildings at night. Is this done via zoom effect?

Interesting shot, but the overexposure doesn't work for me. Perhaps you were going for something along the lines of a "ascension" theme, but to me the image just looks blown out.

Sorry, but for me the composition doesn't work. I would like to see the glow of the light and the top of the light pole either complete, or taken out altogether. I know the rule of thirds is made to be broken, but, in this case, following it might have been better.

Well, to me the blood isn't subtle at all. It practically jumps out of the image. Aesthetically, it's an "ugly" photo, but I don't think you were going for a pretty shot. I certainly react to the photo - it's disturbing, and I mean that in a good way.

I was standing there thinking how crazy these guys were to be fishing at night,

in winter, in the middle of a storm, and then it hit me... at least their gear was

weather-proof.

Ooh, nice and moody. The positions of the subjects - man facing away and in the background, woman facing in opposite direction and appearing to be walking away - plus the expression of the woman and child make this a very emotionally charged image. The high, thin sky adds to it. Probably is a perfectly benign situation in real life.

What a great, fun image.

Very well done.

Nice image. If I was really to get nitty, I would prefer to have seen the clouds in their own separate space from the lifeguard perches - but what you gonna do.

I like the shot and the expression you caught is great, but I don't know that the hand coloring really improves it. (Admittedly, I'm predisposed to think of hand colored shots as gimmiky, so take my opinion here with a grain of salt.) If I was going to crop I'd come in from the right, taking out the people facing away from the camera and toward the subject. Keep the woman on the left as her facing away from the subject and caught up in her own thing actually adds to the hopeless expression on the main subject. I also might come down a bit on the top. The sign is such a large graphic element that - even with the hand coloring - that is where my eye first went. Thanks for posting.

Very atmospheric. I'm finding the the dark trees at the very top of the image to be a little distracting, and while the placement of the benches is good, they just seem slightly "off" to me. Sorry I can't be more specific. Very close to a 6 aesthetics-wise, but went with 5 because of nits above. Nice image.

While the light is interesting, the composition and DOF just seems a mess in this shot. The focal point is on the foreground trees, rendering the fireword very soft. Also, the background is completely blown out (especially on the right third, but we don't get any foreground detail). Sorry this just doesn't work for me. Your other photo is much better.

Very nice!

A little less sky would have been better.

- nice foreground colors

- background seems washed out/unappealing

- framing seems off - trees on extreme edges make left and right "dead areas"

More depth of field would be nice, or, if you're want to stick with the narrow DOF, the wine glass should stand out more from the background. Like the idea though.

Framing seems off. I wish I was seeing either less of the archways at the bottom or more. Subject is good, but my eyes don't like the composition.

Nice. Good detail/highlight in the eye.