Greetings from the Critique Club
What I like about the image:
The sky is a beautiful blue, and the cloud gives it depth. The bubbles have a nice shine and really look like they're floating upwards, into the sky.
Challenge:
It definitely meets the challenge. No problems there.
Presentation:
This is where the image suffers most. The presentation is nice, but rather bland, not a whole lot going on. I think that either you'd need a lot more bubbles (like your commenter suggests below), or some context, where are the bubbles coming from, a person blowing them, something of that sort. Something to tell the story better.
Technicals:
I think your choice of shutter speed/aperture is quite adequate for the image, I'm wondering if a lower ISO might have helped reduce some of the grain (although then you'd have to adjust the shutter/aperture combo). A couple of the bubbles look to be a tad out of focus. In a shot like this, it would be best to have all the bubbles in focus.
Post-processing:
Deepening the shadows a little was a good idea. You could also try lightening the bright areas, to give it even more depth. The bubbles are getting lost in the sky. Somehow you need to define them better, so that they stand out better against all that blue. I'd suggest trying to adjust curves for this.
I hope this helps. If you have any questions, comments, complaints, feel free to contact me.
~Ursula
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