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Comment by SJCarter:
* Greetings from the Critique Club *

Boy, is this a difficult image to comment on... It's beautiful, please don't get me wrong. It's extremely well composed and the colors are very life-like (not overdone as many images are).

I do have to say though, that the blurriness of the background images is a little distracting (although I realize that they were probably done that way purposefully), and that the sky is a little drab. You could probably punch up the sky colors with some selective processing (if you want your image to appear that way - I'm certainly no expert, but I do know what I like). The most important thing to remember is what YOU feel and what YOU like about the shot.

There are portions of this image that seem abnormally sharp to me (namely the girl and some of the foreground) - did you happen to selectively increase that level of contrast & sharpness? If so, I think you might be better off with a more even-handed approach to this particular shot. (I know that in many instances you want to selectively sharpen, but I'm not sure that it works in your favor in this particular case.)

It really is a beautiful setting & a well-composed shot. Nice job.

Just my 2 cents... :-)

Jimmy

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Comment by aimee_skittles:
For me, the reflections on the water are very distracting from the ducks. I do think the subjects are composed very well.

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Comment by chesire:
Base: 5
Technical: 0
Subjective: 0
Challenge: 0

Total: 5
Does look like the drake is thinking about chasing after his lady. :)

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Comment by JunieMoon:
I like the way the water shows motion in this one.

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Comment by Mick:
Wonderful! Where is this place?

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Comment by dockode:
I don't feel that the image conveys instantly recognizable decision. Nice photo.

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Comment by pcarpi:
wow, surprising that someone else entered such a similar pic!

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Comment by Pedxer:
Careful with your spelling, but nevertheless a good shot and decision being depicted.

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Comment by popdeepop:
Nice detail. Waves are soothing.