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by Ja-9

Comment by damjanev:
Lots of right angles here.
I like the graphiqueness (is this even a word?) of the whole image.

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by Ja-9

Comment by jomari:
Very op art. Looks like a view through crates. Great entry. 10

Always Look Behind You....
by Ja-9

Comment by MadMan2k:
Beautiful sky but the land seems like it wasn't too sharp and had a lot of sharpening applied. Looks like it might have been shot from a boat, if so those must be tough conditions to get sharp images from.

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by Jules1x:
*Greetings from the Critique Club*

Congrats on a great score and strong finish!

Compositionally this is beautiful. There is one strong, main subject, with smaller bubbles leading my eye throughout the image - love that effect. But I have to admit that the play of the pink and the yellow did not work completely for my eye. The yellow in the large bubble was so vibrant, and the color almost seemed to move into a bit of orange on the left side. That main bubble also seems a bit harsh compared to the softness in most of the rest of the image. The pink in the lower half of the image I found gorgeous, but then at the top of the image, on the right, where it mixed some with the yellow, it came off a bit 'dirty' looking to me. In the smaller bubbles the colors are great, but that large bubble just didn't seem to complement completely.

Technically I don't see any flaws in this image. The bubbles are very sharp, the lighting is soft and lovely. The pattern of your background is reflected perfectly in those smaller bubbles. Great effect!

Well done.
Julee

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by CNovack:
Grats on your top ten finish Janine! Love the golden color of the 'Mothership' against the pastel hue background.

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by markwiley:
Another fascinating image. You are on quite a roll lately, Janine. Keep'em coming.

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Told you it would do well!

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by jomari:
Clear and pretty.

The Mothership
by Ja-9

Comment by Gordon_1:
Giving this a bump good work

In The Florida Sun.....
by Ja-9

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:
Critique Club Comment:

A absolutely lovely image, Janine, and deserving of your top 10 finish. The lovely pastel hues of the sky as it reflects against the calm water is wonderful. I would have loved it if you could have pulled out some of the pinks barely visible in the high clouds a bit more, and maybe deepen some of the oranges. Noticing you have the Nik Collection, this is where some of the Bi-Color filters in Color Efex can really make a sunset image pop. But I'm getting picky.

The composition is excellent, though it would have been better if you had been able to get beyond what appears to be the tide line of shells that runs across the bottom right. Or perhaps masked them out a little better. I can never tell if these would be considered "powerline-like incidental distractions". Regardless, it's what kept me from giving this an 8 or 9 instead of a 7.

Really a fine capture. Anything else I might find to call attention to would be a fact of nature and location and I suspect there wouldn't have been much you could have done about that at the moment. :)