Looking up, looking down!!by
notaniceguytoknowComment by snaffles: Greetings from the Critique Club!
Initial impression: clever and unusual pov for the shot.
Technical: dof good, composition good but could've been strengthened by cropping out the other fish in upper left.
Artistic: LOVE the different pov you got here on the fish. The green water surrounding it catches the light well and helps illuminate subject.
Overall: A good shot, but can see why it finished just below 50%. Even though you wouldn't have been able to clone out other fish in Basic editing, could've cropped it so fishing line would help form a leading line up to left corner. Better to have just one strong subject in a shot than try to include a second one that may detract.
FWIW: A tiny hit of unsharp mask and sharpen edges, following resizing, may help your subject pop a little more. If you have these editing tools, try them out and see.
Feel free to PM me any questions,
Susan
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