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Comment by TraumaHound:
Nice contrast in the reflection. It's an interesting effect. It's a shame that the top section was chopped off.

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Comment by rennie:
The effect in the water is absolutely great. After second thought I'm bumping it up significantly for the idea, composition and overall effect.

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Comment by KarenNfld:
I like the reflection a lot better than the rest of the photo. The pole to the right is distracting, you should have cropped that out.

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Comment by samnotis:
Very cool effect with the rippled reflection of the fireworks -- who knew they looked like that? The horizon's a little crooked and the composition is a little busy.

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Comment by cutlassdude70:
I love the way the fireworks look in the reflection. :)

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Comment by arhunt35:
Nice shot.

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Comment by Sali:
Great colours.

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Comment by gbautista87:
I like the effect of the water with fireworks.

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Comment by elru21:
Hello from the critique club,

I see that this is your first dpc challenge. Welcome! I think this is a very good first entry. Well done. Good luck on many mroet o come.

I like this entry very much. It fits the challenge perfectly. The colors are great. The blue and orange are vibrant without looking overprocessed.

The most striking part of the image is the composition. I love the way the balloons fill the upper corner. The line of the hand and the string draws your eye right up to the balloons. I like the negative space left in the background. It makes the composition not too busy.

I think I would have rotated the image clockwise so that the hand was coming out of the corner of the frame (or close). I think that the lines would have beena little stronger this way. A minor detail. I also would like to see just a little bit more of the arm.

It is hard to tell if this is a studio shot or if it was taken against a bright sky. If the background is meant to be pure white, it would have been helpful to light the other side so that it is evenly white. Many commenters felt that you were blowing out a blue sky here. If that is the case then I agree that it would be nicer to see more blue. A tough exposure, though.

I didn't vote in this challenge, but I would have given this image a 6 for its originality and playfullness and its excellent intpretation and execution of the challenge.

Please fee free to pm me if you have any questions about my comments.

Cheers,
Liza

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Comment by naruto_fanboy:
Very good, i like that you can only see the hand.