Marley & Me Star Sighting
by TheStick

Comment by Connor:
lol great shot,

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Comment by Art Roflmao:
Vegas, baby! Pretty cool. Would be cooler to have the globe in the foreground of a shot of the real Vegas skyline.

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Comment by Art Roflmao:
I like it! LB is great for scenes like this.

Marley & Me Star Sighting
by TheStick

Comment by linny:
I would have liked to have seen more of the dog.

Under The Sea
by TheStick

Comment by muur88:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

You are my 3rd detailed critique ever... so please put that into perspective.

My initial thoughts on your image... That is the most laid back fish I have ever seen. I see him/her him having just left a party with the squids and accidentally swimming by a patrol fish on his way back to his rock formation. It does feel like he is a bit confined to a space so maybe that is adding to his demeanor. Either way, the lighting is nice and i like the composition trailing out to his tail with his back half being slightly more abstract. Focus is pretty soft overall but maybe that adds to the mood for me.

Technically... as I mentioned above, I like your lighting. Doesn't feel like harsh flash, so I assume you used the aquarium or tank light quite well. Other than that you aren't going to win any ribbons with your technicals on this image. If interested perhaps you'll take a look at some other submissions with your lens here: //www.dpchallenge.com/lens.php?LENS_ID=1251. All of the top ones are on still life. I imagine that kind of lens would be brutal to focus on a moving object with a wide aperture. I have a 50mm 1.8 I like to use at night and if the subject is moving towards me...it's almost impossible to get a good focus. Best bet might have been to aim for the eye...or use a more forgiving lens with a wider focus...of course the low light probably lent itself more to the one you did. Though it wasn't terribly dark to take that at 125...so what do i know. The composition is nice, perhaps it might be a bit stronger if the fish was centered top to bottom. As a few have mentioned the attention is drawn a bit to the mouth... though that might not be such a bad thing as he seems to be pouting.

Creatively...You've really captured the mood of the fish...that makes the photo for me.

How to improve your dpc standing... work on your technicals...a little more saturation boost in your post processing might not hurt.

Hope I could be of some use...If you want to discuss my critique any further please feel free to PM me at your leisure.

Enjoy photography!

-MT

Marley & Me Star Sighting
by TheStick

Comment by tanguera:
Surfer pooch.

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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Pretty darn good capture with a LB, did you crop it much?

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Comment by Melethia:
That is pretty darn impressive with a LB! I can't do that in a million years with any lens.

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Comment by Ecce_Signum:
Yup, am getting the 'Asia' feel with this as well and you nailed the composition imho :)

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Comment by benee:
interesting how the LB effect isolates the droplet so dramatically - well done!