Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by skate4ganja:
mmmm, nice. Too much black on the left + sky almost blown out. I'd cut the left 1/3 out
and expose for sky.

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by macrothing:
8 - Very good reflection. Criticism; whilst the house is well reflected, seems a little 'bland' in my opinion, but unsure how this could be improved. The shadows are nice dappled around, just in my opinion, the shot needs something to 'bring it alive' more, perhaps just a different time of day/light. I may be wrong, but seems also to me that your focus is on the reflection and not the 'real' so well done for that.

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by tazza:
Wow! Such still water... Nice house too! well captured

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by Driggs:
Very good reflection!

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by Rasai:
This is quite a nice photo, how do you get this close to such an 'exclusive' home? Wow!

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by gsal:
Very pretty. Fabulous mirror. Beautiful setting. Should do well. 8.

Double Vision
by Pooba

Comment by oklodhi:
The picture is very neat...the composition needs improvement...maybe a vertical format would have been more appealing

Invitation, Come Join Me At The Beach!
by Pooba

Comment by strangeghost:
Greetings from the Critique Club
by strangeghost

COMPOSITION
There's a lot to like in this photo. The blinding orb of the sun sprays its rays downward toward the viewer. Sky, water and reflections are a wonderful feast for the eye. Tones are rich and deep. The bike is a touch of genius - it adds that element of interest and surprise. I'm a little disappointed that the bike is not more prominently placed though. It's SO interesting, I want to see more of it. I want to see it dominate the foreground shot a bit more. I visualize it closer, perhaps right in the large puddle front right, so the bike and it's reflection command the full third square at that bottom right side? As it is, the bike spans the sand, sea, and sky, and seems a little lost in the mix. All my preferences of course. I can see why this shot caught your attention and bravo for having your camera ready!

TECHNIQUE
Good job capturing a scene that spans the entire range from blinding sun to darkest shadows and silhouettes. Too bad you didn't include the technical details of your shot though. Perhaps that means you used full auto mode? My experience with my own Coolpix is that you rarely go wrong using auto, or perhaps the sunset "scene" mode for a shot like this. Works well and paid off in this case. You also give no hint of any post-processing you did, so can't comment on that. Final result is a fine looking pic though.

OVERALL IMPACT
Pretty nice shot and has nice visual impact. Everybody loves a good sunset (or sunrise, in this case) shot and yours is pleasing to the eye. It might have done better in the voting (though a near 6.0 score is quite respectable) if you had stretched more color range out of the sky and maybe toyed with the prominence of the bike a bit.

Invitation, Come Join Me At The Beach!
by Pooba

Comment by christie3:
Hehe, by Thomas's bike, I was referring to all of this:
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Congrats on the solid finish, I loved this shot, btw. :)

Invitation, Come Join Me At The Beach!
by Pooba

Comment by graphicfunk:
Magnificent panorama. 8