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diegomcnamaraComment by elru21: Greetings from the critique club,
I read your self-critique. I think you were much too hard on yourself. THis is a very nice night shot.
I think you sdid a great job with the flare, especially with basic editing. I like your perspective and the way the horizon meets the end of the dock.
COmpositionally, I agree with your comments. I would have cropped right to the post on the left, so that the dock posts frame the shot. This would also make the biggest light less centered inthe frame. You could crop a little off the bottom without changing much if you want3ed to keep the horizontal aspect ratio.
Depending on the rest of the scene (that is outside of the frame here) it might have been better to take a few steps to your right and angle in a little so that the dock cuts more across the image. I like the leading lines of the dock and the vertical lines of the poles, and I think angling the dock even more than you did would make it even more dramatic.
I didn't vote in this challenge, but I would have given this a 6. I think it is well executed and interesting to look at.
Please feel free to pm me with any questions about my comments.
Cheers,
Liza
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