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[attachment=2443]Very seasonal offering. Perhaps I should have stood a little further back!
Tried taking it when they were switched on Dean? Ed.
Dean;

Did you bump up the saturation?
Seems kinda oversaturated on my screen.

Plus, there seems to be just a hint of a red bulb behind the yellow.
My suggestion would be either to move down slightly to hide it completely, or move up so it isn't just a sliver.
Yes I did pop the saturation up a bit (lot). It was a grey day! hadn’t noticed the sliver. It was just a passing shot.
(Dec 31, 2013, 18:49)Dean Wrote: [ -> ]Yes I did pop the saturation up a bit (lot). It was a grey day! hadn’t noticed the sliver. It was just a passing shot.

I asked about the saturation, as I can see the artifacts left by overdoing that.

We, as humans, tend to concentrate on only what's important to us in the scene.

The camera, on the other hand, captures everything within it's field of view.

Part of getting better at photography, is to look at EVERYTHING, including what's in the background/foreground. In front of, behind, or to the side of what you want as the subject of the image.
The classic one is the tree growing out of the top of someone's head.

Please don't take this as a personal attack, just something to think about next time.