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Comment by adine:
nice swirl of a bullit, good clear refection of "neo" how did you avoid the reflection of the camera? I think I like the contrast between the sharp bullit and the soft gun barrel - cropped like this the barrel almost looks like a skull staring at the viewer. I do find the gray edge of something (upper right) distracting, and I might crop the top a little to make a straight line of the top of the barrel. Good work with the subject - The matrix is something dangerous that must be confronted.

Orange saver at the blue lake
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Comment by DavidLevin:
Great photo, it looks like you took this photo early in the morning, which only adds to the waters' beauty. = 7

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Comment by Jacko:
very very very cool. double barrel shot gun? Love it. Jacko. 9

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Comment by Anachronite:
acccck my idea! stolen! hehe I have been planning this or something similar forever... :oP nice job!

Orange saver at the blue lake
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Comment by qachyk:
Both the colour and the positioning of the close element versus the nice landscape help the life ring to stand out. The brightness of the sky does slightly diminish the impact (there's a lot of paler colour around the edges rather than a level of blue that matches the level of orange) but a different angle probably would not have worked as well for framing purposes so that's probably fine.

Orange saver at the blue lake
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Comment by clues56:
I think a uv filter would have brought out the color of the sky and water. Nice compostion though

Primary Clover
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Comment by stephan:
Greetings from the Critique Club, Haraldur :)

Composition: I think the landscape format is ok, but I agree that putting the subject off-center would be a good idea. Somehow it doesn't look right the way it's now. The structure is "leaning" a bit to the left, out of the center of the image. Putting it on the right side it would "lean" toward the center.
Another change I personally would like to see is a bit _more_ negative space of the sky, i.e. a more wide view (zoom out).

Lighting: Great! This is the best part of the photo. I love the blue. The mix of natural lighting at evening and the glow of the glass thing is great. You wrote you wanted to capture the light when it was purple. I think it was a good decision to.It fits to the blue of the evening sky and this makes it more pleasant to look at because it doesn't distract from the clover neon sign.

Focus: As far as I can see the focus is good.

Challenge: Yes, the challenge was met.

Creativity: A good eye recognising alll three primary colours but the lighting you used makes this photo special.

Ok, that's it. I hope it helped you.
Stephan

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Comment by K-Rob:
Very cool. I love this one. Thinking about it, this was probably pretty challenging to accomplish. Great job.

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Comment by marbo:
Good idea.

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Comment by ChrisW123:
How'd you manage to focus! Great shot, the barrel must be super clean to reflect the light that much.