Advance to GO
by Nuzzer

Comment:
In response to your request for help, I reprocessed your image:


I suggest you save at a higher quality setting always (your JPEG is only ~30KB, but you can use up to 150KB, so make use of it).

The editing steps: (in the free GIMP tool)

- Open original.
- Duplicate background layer. Unsharp mask with radius around 50, amount=1.4, threshold=0. This adds Local Contrasts Enhancement and can really reduce the muddy look on a lot of images.
- Duplicate background layer. Add selective gaussian blur to reduce the JPEG artifact appearance.)
- Duplicate background layer. Add gaussian blur at radius 5, change blending mode to soft light.
- Create new layer, radial gradient fill followed by brushing with a soft round brush to create a grayscale vignette mask. Set blending mode to soft light.

The layers' opacities were adjusted throughout the process until I was happy with them.

(Normally I would try the Curves tool first, but I wanted to do something different and ended up happy with the look never using the curves tool.)

Hope this gives you some ideas. Have fun!! It's a cool image BTW.

The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes
by Coley

Comment:
Cool!! Is that a real reflection of real fireworks? Or is there some set-up done?
Very original and creative. Well done.

Friends & Rememberance
by Ironworker

Comment:
I really do like the idea, it's creative and thoughtful. Too bad about the noise.

Time Warp
by xuan768

Comment:
Fabulous. Really clean and bold image. It draws the eye in to the center. Good title too.

Nature's Fireworks
by margiemu

Comment:
Nice composition and moment of capture. It's too bad that it is so lacking in image quality, otherwise this would be a top-ten pick.

Take OFF
by PhotoRyno

Comment:
Unbelievable!!! This is incredible. Really, really gorgeous, and a surprising but welcome departure from the "regular" fireworks shots. I expect to see this one on the front page.

Double Break
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Very sharp and neat. Nice.

The Shipwreck Coast
by Tim

Comment:
Congrats, and you made the right choice to choose the color version. It's very beautiful, as well as desolate.

Movie Theater Stair and Rail
by robinsphotos

Comment:
Wow, they let you take a camera into a movie theater? Don't let them catch you... they'll take it away and cast you into the dungeon.

Anyway, nice photo, the lights on the wall are cool, and the contrast between the red light and the blue light on the wall is interesting.

The Heavens and the Earth
by TechnocratiK

Comment:
Good composition, but it would have more impact if the stars were in sharp focus.