Yeah dude, this just plain sucks. What were you thinking! It honestly plays on the Photoshop part of my innards and makes me want to wretch (control-alt-shift-caps-tab-W).
Next time, leave the lens cap on!
;)
Just kidding of course... Hey, ya win some and ya lose some... Who said it had to make sense which order they occured in.
Most people can't shoot fireworks (or have the opportunity to).. so *anything* that stands out above the usual will garner higher than usual scores methinks...
Although you were tongue-in-cheek.. I do think that this is a sub-par photograph for the most part.
A little oversharpened and the tighter crop would have been better, but this shot still stood out with the water relection that you had working and the boat silhouette. I gave this a 7 and was easily in my top 20 picks for the challenge. Good job and no hard feelings mate.
Nice view overlooking the river; good timing to catch a single burst. A crop on the right to get rid of some of the dark area may make this even better.
There are some things I love about this photo - the fireworks reflection in the water and the boat. I wonder whether the photo might be beter without the right third.
Nice foreground, good to see some details other than just the firework to ground the shot. The colors in the water are also a nice touch. It's too bad the building is there, but not much you can do about that.