Hi Jennifer, welcome to DPC.
As a few people mentioned in the comments for your Water submission, the composition was well done, and generally it had a lot going for it. Being night you were really up against it, which meant the shot is a little on the blurry side (just a bit). As well as that, the water was moving, meaning it would be much harder to get crisp focus. (The darker it is, the longer the shutter has to stay open, meaning the water moves a little whilst the photo is being taken.) Colour/contrast wise I quite like it, you seem to have made a good job editing.
Looking at the thumbnail for your second shot it looks like it could be something pretty special. Unfortunately it's a little heavily edited for DPC. You seem to have used a smoothing (?) filter, which has reduced the detail on the water and the buildings in the background. Less use of filter would probably have resulted in an improved image, somewhat at the cost of noise. Composition, colour and contrast wise, I think it's pretty good. I'd be interested to see the original from your second image.
Hope you enjoy your time here.
EDIT:
You might like to look at www.neatimage.com, which has some software that reduces noise in photos. (And there's a freeware version!)
Also, I really like your first submission, Simple Love.
Message edited by author 2003-12-22 17:57:52.
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