Two Classics
by Jacko

Comment:
lol. somehow, in the inner recesses of my mind, i knew this would win .. people are such suckers for water drop shots, and this one is so cool with the checkers :) .. great job!

The Cliché Color: White
by a1leyez0nm3

Comment:
beautiful picture. glad you made it ! :)

Happy Valantine's day, dear!
by mirac

Comment:
good job :)

Insalata Caprese
by Gracious

Comment:
yummmmm

From Fruit to Juice
by nathaliedoo

Comment:
beautiful photo. perfect lighting and focus. great colors and composition

Growth Spurt!
by Konador

Comment:
clever idea on this one. like the contrast of lighting as well

Matballs, my recipe...
by pitsaman

Comment:
the lighting is a little too harsh, and the chopped pepper looks like halfeaten food

Recycle
by Antithesis

Comment:
too centered the lighting is a little bit harsh and uneven.

One Square Meal
by Anachronite

Comment:
Critique Club

Interesting concept. What would have made the execution better?

Well, the ants and the brown spots on the crouton are really close to the same color. So maybe you needed some lighting angle that would bring the ants out more. Otherwise they are kind of getting lost.

Maybe a dark bg would have worked better. More contrast.

Your shot is grainy. Which doesn't make sense because the DSC-85 is a really nice camera. Is this a tiny crop? Could you have gotten closer and cropped less? What would a shot looked like of one of the corners with an ant HUGE?

I like your suggestion about a penny for scale. Definitely would have tied it into 'real life' better.

I personally would also have probably shot it from a 'weirder' angle. I would have taken out of the box the absolutely squarest most perfect crouton in there, so the geometry would be impossible to miss. Maybe even gone in closer on an ant.

Window to the Universe
by kandyj

Comment:
Critique Club

Interesting concept. Since you were using an image editor, I think you prolly should have blurred out or painted out the distracting area around the eye - ie the skin texture, brow texture, etc. Fill the frame with just the eye. Then you would have a smoother surface to not compete so much with your cloud texture. You could have had the clouds at full strenth around the eye and decreased their opacity over the eye itself.