Sugar Bowl
by riversong

Comment:
Sugar in the raw I presume from its color. I think I would have liked a different DOF to make the crystals sharp and the rest blurred. Otherwise nice lighitng and colors. Good luck

Pebbly Shore
by Simonkasprzak

Comment:
I like the use of light on the stones while keeping the sky in its maybe sunset/sunrise state. I think a little different angle on the rocks so they seem to be coming mainly out of the lower left corner would add a direction for the eyes to follow out to the sky. Nice framing as well...good luck.

Dark Sand
by RickH

Comment:
while it is a good image with nice lighting and image placement I wonder how many are going to knock your score down for not focusing on the grain part of the image. I'm not...on a side note I wonder if you could adjust your hue in the sky (on a non challenge image of course) and add maybe a bit more red to it. Might make it really awesome. Good luck.

Wasting Time
by love

Comment:
good unique idea, took me a minute to connect the title to the sand (sugar?) on the ground. Good lighting and colors. Hope you do well.

Coffee Regular?
by HighwayFlower

Comment:
good idea, lighting and colors but doesn't have much punch to it (maybe it is decaffinated coffee...sorry had to put that in). Not really sure what would make it more interesting, sorry.

The Great Escape
by froglet

Comment:
very cute idea. The color of the sugar is right on and the lighting is good too. Good luck

Life Source
by glad2badad

Comment:
good lighting and subject, the leaf adds to what would be normal boring dirt. Good luck

Alien Intercoastals
by BikerGreg

Comment:
an interesting image that was kept from being the normal shot of rocks by adding some sort of effect or filter. Good luck

Coffee, 2 sugars and a drop of milk.
by 3amfromkyoto

Comment:
The motion blur hurts your image. I'm sure it is difficult to get the detail on the coffee grain while keeping the rest of the image from blowing out. Good attempt but don't feel it has that ribbon quality...sorry.

Kenneth Patton: The day I see a leaf is a marvel of a day.
by dwterry

Comment:
While I like the image, the colors and the lighting I do not believe it fits the challenge as it has nothing to do with grains of something as far as I can see. I applaud you for staying away from the typical salt/sugar image but I think you went a little too far away.