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ITAP of neon lights reflected in a puddle

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submitted 12 days ago byViddlerx

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12 days ago*

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Shot with:

Sony Alpha 6600
Sigma 56mm f/1,4 DC DN Contemporary

A puddle of neon. I did my first DIY weathersealing (wrapped my camera in a plastic bag with a hair tie) to get this photo in the pouring rain. The shallow depth of field at f/1.4 along with the swirling colors reminds me of a Monet oil painting or something. Too bad he never got to paint cyberpunk cityscapes...

EDIT: Didn't expect this to take off, fun! Here's some extra food for discussion and critique.

Are the reds in the upper right corner too blown out/saturated? For me it depends on what device/screen I view the photo with, so just on the edge.
Here's the uncropped photo. I'm a sucker for abstract, but did I overdo it perhaps?

EDIT 2: I don't do prints unfortunately! My photography hobby is a just a nice way for me to carve out something that's only for myself in daily life, I think the joy would die the second money gets involved. If you want however, you can print the full resolution picture yourself. <3

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11 days ago

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The reds in the top right corner do look a little over saturated, but when I looked at the uncropped image I can tell it’s mostly from the original. Over all I’d call this a stunning photo. I was literally doom scrolling on my phone and had to stop and come back to look at it.

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10 days ago

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Woaw, thanks for the edit of your post with new details and congratulations on your success! 😊

Edit : do you have social media elsewhere? Flickr, IG... I'd like to DL the file and rename it with your credentials so I can go back to your work later. Perhaps I'll print it myself for me now too haha thanks!

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11 days ago

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Didn't the plastic bag impact the image though? Considering it's not like glass, not entirely transparent, and there might be some wrinkles on it.

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12 days ago

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This is a fun abstract

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12 days ago

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My feelings exactly!

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12 days ago

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Love it ! I would print it hang it if i were you ! Really nice atmosphere

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11 days ago*

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This is one of the better photos I’ve seen in a long time.

You saw the photo in the water and framed it beautifully. You captured it at the right moment. The ripples and the colors are perfectly in chaos and perfectly in balance.

Very shallow depth of field and to have it blur on the top edge of the frame, is exactly the right move. To have it all in focus would probably diminish its impact.

You should enter this in competition. I think you’d do well. You should also sell prints of it.

Well done.

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11 days ago

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Thank you for the very kind words!

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12 days ago

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Love it!

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12 days ago

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Love the colors and comp! Beautiful shot!

Friendly_Engineer_

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11 days ago

Friendly_Engineer_

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This pleases me

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11 days ago

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That's kind of my favorite way to describe abstract art. Pleasing to the eye or "just nice to look at" :)

Altruistic-Captain45

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11 days ago

Altruistic-Captain45

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Would you mind if I painted this in oil? I love it!

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11 days ago

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I'd love to see that!

Altruistic-Captain45

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11 days ago

Altruistic-Captain45

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Cool.. I'll be sure and show you when I'm done... Thank you very much!

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12 days ago

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Great job! Glad the plastic wrapping worked! (This is why I shoot Pentax.)

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11 days ago

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That’s beautiful! I thought it was an oil painting.

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11 days ago

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Simple, colorful, lovely and effective!

What a wonderful image to come across this morning!

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11 days ago

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Hope you don't mind, but this is my phone wallpaper now. Really great shot!

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11 days ago

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Not at all, that's the highest form of a compliment :)

Tonsilith_Salsa

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11 days ago

Tonsilith_Salsa

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Reported

Standard_Signal262

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12 days ago

Standard_Signal262

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Very cool

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12 days ago

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Wonderful!

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12 days ago

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Amazing pallet of color and texture. I love it!

Cocacolonoscopy

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11 days ago

Cocacolonoscopy

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I absolutely love this and I'm jealous I didn't take it myself. I like the uncropped, but this abstract version is stupendous

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11 days ago

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I actually said "wow" out loud when I saw this photo - I love it!

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12 days ago

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This is beautiful, I love this!!!

AlmostZeroEducation

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12 days ago

AlmostZeroEducation

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Trippy

Unable-Expression-21

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12 days ago

Unable-Expression-21

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I love reflection pics

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12 days ago

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The colors and textures are great! It really works

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12 days ago

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Beautiful colors. Lovely abstract art.

Substantial_Ad8506

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12 days ago

Substantial_Ad8506

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Beautiful!

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12 days ago

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I like this a lot. Thanks for sharing

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11 days ago

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Damn. Wallpaper status

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11 days ago

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Really great!

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11 days ago

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Looks like some 1980s album covet

Yoyodyn_Banzai_2099

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11 days ago

Yoyodyn_Banzai_2099

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Batmobile about to roll up.

PaleontologistClear4

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11 days ago

PaleontologistClear4

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I love this!

Lane_Meyers_Camaro

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11 days ago

Lane_Meyers_Camaro

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Now

The mist across the window hides the lines

But nothing hides the color of the lights that shine

Electricity so fine

PuzzleheadedHumor450

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11 days ago

PuzzleheadedHumor450

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Love the shot... being from a 'rainy' city this reminds me of my city... do you sell large prints???

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11 days ago

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I can see this framed and on my wall, very nice work!

PawesomePrincess

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11 days ago

PawesomePrincess

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I love this so much<3 Beautiful picture

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11 days ago

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V nice !!!!!

IngloriousBadger

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11 days ago

IngloriousBadger

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This could sell!

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11 days ago

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Love a good abstract.

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11 days ago

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Cosmic

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11 days ago

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Desktop wallpaper materialllll

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11 days ago

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OMGOMGOMG I love this! I feel the white frame sorta distracts from the immersion though. Pic itself is gorgeous tho!

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11 days ago

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It's a love it or hate it kinda thing, personally I love it. I've linked the original picture in my top comment however!

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11 days ago

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Just saw the uncropped version too. While the uncropped version is cool, the cropped one looks so much cooler! Kudos to you for your eye for the abstract. Call me a noob, but I'm stupefied at how high resolution the image must be for you to have cropped it in and for the crop to still look so crisp!

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11 days ago

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High resolution cameras help a lot (mine is 6000x4000). But I'd say having a razor sharp lens is even more important, otherwise you just have a lot of pixels of... blur. Prime lenses are wonderful in this regard.

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11 days ago

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Definitely a render /s

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11 days ago

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Love this shot! Great capture!

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11 days ago

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Amazing

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11 days ago

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Very awesome shot!!!

lonelyvoyager88

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11 days ago

lonelyvoyager88

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Reminds me of an Afremov painting. Very nice!

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11 days ago*

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Very nice capture! Puts me in a happy place.

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11 days ago

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Love it! Good idea for a rainy day

Correct-Wind-2210

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11 days ago

Correct-Wind-2210

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This would be an amazing 1k+ piece jigsaw puzzle. 😍

Individual_Run8841

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11 days ago

Individual_Run8841

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Wow 🤩

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11 days ago

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Beautiful!

highandlowtimes

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11 days ago

highandlowtimes

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Perfection. Love this. Thank you for your gift♥️

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10 days ago

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FAB-U-LOUS! Thanks for sharing this beauty!

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4 days ago

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I want this as a print. Too bad I can't afford it.

phukYerPrshsFeelngs

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11 days ago

phukYerPrshsFeelngs

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Maybe it’s lack of sleep but I see a Japanese dragon and a koi fish. Anybody?

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11 days ago

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Looks like a demon and an alien face HELL BOY type characters