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... making this shot more interesting. Ideas? Is it a lost cause?

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Focal length : 270 mm.

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Old 12-18-2011, 12:02 AM
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It's nice bokeh, but I think you need a subject. Don't forget your EXIF data when posting in the critique sections.
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Old 12-18-2011, 12:19 AM
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It's nice bokeh, but I think you need a subject. Don't forget your EXIF data when posting in the critique sections.
Yeah, I agree. Unfortunately there wasn't one there, and my attempts to add one in photoshop have looked weird because they're not backlit, as a subject would be here. What else could I do? Just go take a picture of a backlit something to photoshop in?
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Old 12-18-2011, 01:28 AM
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Just a suggestion.....try a crop of the lower right area and try to draw in only one or two of the red lights with a flash of the white?? I'd play with it and see what I could do, but I would narrow the focus to one or two of the red lights.
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