Lunch
by james_so

Comment:
May I make an alternative Title suggestion?

Light on Whole Wheat - A healthier choice.

;) Nice idea!

It looks like the butter is being used to hide the grain of the WW bread. I wonder if perhaps you knocked the saturation up as well just to get the egg yolk up there?

Did you know you can increase saturation in specific color channels as well (or at least you can in PS)? This is legal in basic editing.

Check out the tutorial on selective desat using basic editing rules if you want to know what is and is not legal in this technique.

Simplicity
by Hungaro

Comment:
I really think this is a good interpretation of the challenge. It is a really great looking flower.

Everyone knows that a flower is not a heavy thing, yet so many people didn't get the connection to the alternative meaning of light.

Sad.

Well done!

Photographically, the only thing I'd like to see different here is the background paper used to shoot this has a little issue with being lifted or something at the back? There is a slight strangeness about the curvature in the shadows at the back back of the flower.

Balancing Act
by paul58

Comment:
Nice use of light for that shadow line. Well set up.

That's definitely a knife.

I play with my students like this. At around 7 years old, they get a real kick out of anyone balancing anything on the face even if its just for a second! Stick a pen on the end of your chin for a half second and they start calling you a magician.

Fun picture.

Upon Scrutiny
by ssan

Comment:
This is a very interesting picture for what is in it. Aesthetically, I find it lacks a bit.

The interest factor might be piqued a bit by rotating 180 degrees? Not for sure, try it out?

ski monkey
by erschmitt

Comment:
When I first saw this pic, the bottom half was missing in my browser page. I think this would be soooo much more effective if the bottom half was sliced off. Looks really cool with the ski in your face.

Nice expression

My Dirty Dohickey
by jmritz

Comment:
Looks a bit like the end of a starter motor?

Magical Morning Mist
by jemison

Comment:
"Sometimes I had the good fortune to be in exactly the right place at the exact time that God was ready for someone to take a picture." - Ansel Adams (inaccurate wording)

"Woah." - Me

Right place. Right time. Click.

Starbucks... After Hours
by LeeD

Comment:
Really well done there.

Praise: Creativity... Reflection in the coffee mug - outstanding... Lighting - meow. Sugar on the runners of the sled give it a "used" look.

Criticism:

Missed a spot just behind the bag of sugar. I assume you saw that before.

Would have been nice if you could have lit this to highlight a few more shadows and provide a bit more depth in the sugar snow. Particularly to bring out a "snow angel" made by the one human bean.

The snow angel could have been brought out a little more also by using something to create rifts. You can sometimes make sugar stick together by using moist air and dry air. That's getting pretty tricky though. This isn't a major issue, it could just be lying there. I've done it (in snow, not sugar)

The snowman comes in a bit of a different colour. I wonder if you tried making it more snowmanlike by rolling it around in the sugar. You might have considered adding some white flour or baking soda to the mix as well if you were having problems with making stuff stick to the balls of styrofoam.

Super idea guy! I wish I was that creative :)

Oriental Mystic
by librodo

Comment:
Man Librodo, next time I go to Thailand, I want to meet YOU! Actually, I want to meet Pupae, but it would be cool to see a little of what you see too.

I wonder, why is her name in plural? I give out lots of English names to my students as well. I am wondering if perhaps it is based on her Thai name?

You are seriously amazing. Not to mention that you got this at 1/15th. Oy!

Missing you...
by Mircea

Comment:
Totally amazed how crisp your hand looks having sat for 10 seconds.