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  Dear Francisco,
Thank for your submission to the contest and welcome to UWP.
You have requested a review of your photo. Let me shortly explain how it works :
As we do have a limited space for each post here, please note that my review will be like 2-3 posts in total. If you want to answer me, please wait until my review has been completed; as photo critics, we do this job as volunteers; a "thank you" is always appreciated 
My review is structured into chapters and I will list problem zones (if there are any) and I will suggest solutions on how to improve results.
Important : The "photo critic" feature here at UWP is not a putdown of uw photos. The objective is to see you here as a winner one day !
For the basics (in case of), an uw photography online course is available here at UWP and it's always a good idea to sign up for that one.
And here we go ! (Photo review starts with next post) :
| Raoul Caprez
16756 point member
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Photo Critique :
First impression :
Special cropping for a small “forest” which missed colours …
Technical ( score from 1-6, best is 6 ) :
Exposure : 3, Colours: 3, Sharpness: 3, DOF ( depth of field ) : 4, Contrast : 3
Suggested Solution :
For the colours, a proper white balance could fix a part of the problem in this picture.
The best white balance solution is to photograph using the RAW (or DNG) file format. RAW files also allow one to set the white balance based on a boarder range of colour temperature and green-magenta shifts. With this file, you can adjust later the colours on the computer, and solve the slight exposure problem. You can do the same in postproduction for the contrast.
Composition :
Special cropping with a good angle of shooting.
| Raoul Caprez
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Suggested Solution :
I perfectly see that you work on the composition with a special cropping (good), but try to keep standard ratios (such as 2/3, 3/4 or 5/7) at the beginning. Breaking the rules needs a very special effect (abstract) or idea.
There’s a small white disturbing element in the bottom left-hand corner. While cropping it would have been a good idea to make it disappeared :-).
Subject
As you know, Christmas tree worms are very small and they disappear when the photographer moves the water aside and too close to them; so you did a quite good approach. But to have something more impressive, try to go closer and shoot only one of them for example.
It looks like an easy subject because it’s not moving, but it’s not so easy to have a good sharpness on it with macro lenses : work on the F-Stop.
| Raoul Caprez
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Suggested Solution :
Next time, it could be an idea to have only one of it in the frame on a side of the picture for an horizontal frame or in the middle for a vertical frame.
To have a good impact with this subject, it’s really important to have good and bright colours.
Epilogue
You start with a very small subject …. that’s a nice challenge !
It’s not easy to have a lot of votes with this kind of subject. Here, in UWP, there are a lot of Christmas tree worms; have a look at them and just let you get inspired by others. Have a look on the two last Christmas tree worms of Larissa Roorda; they are nice examples.
In general, the more uw pictures you see, the better you'll get ideas to try for your own shots.
All the best and happy bubbles.
Raoul (UWP Photo Critic)
--------Photo Critique completed--------
| Raoul Caprez
16756 point member
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 Thank you I appreciate your comments because I am a beginner in this. There are things in your comments that I do not understand well like the numbers you wrote... 3/4 etc. I really do appreciate your feedback. Going diving again this weekend and will post an other photo and would like to have your comments again.
Thank you!!
Francisco Kyle
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