Again, if it was not for the Olympics and the fantastic efforts of TEAM POLAND then I would of sat this one out. It's been a serious week after getting back from Hawaii and decorating the whole flat and today my wonderful wife [user]hanae[/user] came back from Japan and I am totally knackered but managed this shot before passing out on my bed.
May appeal to some but I am pretty sure it will not score too high because of the hot spot but I cannot do anything about that with basic editing.
est score - 5.9
dream score - 6.6
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So close to that top ten, missed it by this much --- . Well good job on leading us into battle with the high score for the week once again, that is why you are the Cpt.
I actually like everything about this except that odd white tube in the center. I know exactly what it is, but I think that changing the angle would decrease the impact of the white light coming through.
Nice, though the white straw in the middle does not look natural. The middle is just too white and it looks like it was pasted there or enhanced in post processing. My apologies if I am wrong.
Bright light (circle and blob) in the middle drew my attention and did not help the overall impact. I hid it with my thumb and see a 8 or 9. With it there it is more of a 4 or 5.