Diving

This picture immediatly caught my eye when I've seen it. It is definitly highly original, with nice and sweet tones. What I really like about it is the perfect timing, what a moment ! It is also a really lucky shot, because of the bear closed eyes and of the bubbles. The tones add a very unique and peaceful atmosphère, contrasting pretty strongly with what is happening. It helps having a strong impact.

What I like less about this picture are some technical aspects. The focus is juste perfect (congrats ! Must have been a bloody nightmare to have it correctly !), and so is the depth of field, but I don't really like the framing. My sight just doesn't really know where to stop. Maybe cutting a little the bottom or, conversly, adding more space on the left, would help ? I would love to see it in landscape, with the bear on the left, but I suppose it is not possible... maybe trying a square ? The picture also looks burn on some parts (fish, bubbles...) and some dirty spots, easy to remove with photoshop, are really distracting in the blue part, and also on the left, close to the border. I would also slightly adjust the curves, to have dark parts a little darker (but my screen is very very bright so if it looks ok on your screen, just don't mind !)

Anyway, you've got here a powerful and really interesting shot ! Some minor edits could help it to be even better !

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