liquid chocolate
by miss parker

Comment:
I like this image a lot, but it's a little too easy to figure out how you did it because the colors aren't quite matched up. A thicker stream of the chocolate would help -- also, I'd bring the left side out a bit so the cup handle's not cut off. Overall, though, the feel is engaging and appetizing!

House of the Rising "Son"
by orussell

Comment:
Hello there! Since in the "comments" thread you mentioned that you wished you'd had more constructive comments, I'll leave one of my trademark super-wordy "this is good but that could be better" comments for you. :)

What I liked a lot: the expression on the kid's face, the joy that comes across, made it feel like home SWEET home. The reflection is really clean. It definitely meets the topic. Oh, and the use of the hood was good for framing the image and directing the eye inward.

What I liked less: the upper right is SO white it feels harsh, and because it blends into the border there's no contrast up there. The sunglasses, while I understand the necessity for using them to capture a large enough reflection, are too big for his face and that distracted me for a second. The cropping would have been improved, I think, by going a BIT lower so it didn't look like he was biting the bottom edge of the photo. :) And I might have brought the right edge in a little to minimize the stark white. Finally, I'm personally not fond of portraits of people I don't know, but that's my own prejudice and has nothing whatsoever to do with the quality of your photo.

So there you have it. :) I gave this photo a 6, which is my "meets the challenge and has nothing particularly negative about it but doesn't leap ahead of the pack for me either" score. Hope that helps!

Floating
by johnmk

Comment:
The blue is very rich and clean, but I don't see the "liquid" connection. The motion of the string appears to be rather fluid, but to me that's just not the same thing as liquid. Sorry...

Smooth black coffee
by peter_k

Comment:
This image would be interesting if it weren't so very out of focus! I don't know if that was deliberate, but it doesn't work for me personally. I think of coffee and I think of crisp, alert, snapping to attention. This is a little too dreamy for my taste.

Dairy Queen
by crabappl3

Comment:
Knew there'd the the requisite droplet in here somewhere (not that I know how to shoot one myself). I think what really makes this photo unique is the use of color. What a dramatic shade! In the land of allowable spot edits, the specks in the black band should probably go, but overall everything, even the reflection, is so precise and beautiful! Nice work!

Iced Cap chillin at the beach
by DCThiessen

Comment:
There's something so playful about this image! I love the perspective, and how it almost makes the iced cap feel like it's being humanized. It's probably accidental, but I also like how the clouds sort of feel as though they've floated right out of the straw and into the sky. A fun representation of liquid as beach-dweller, and a very nice shot from a technical standpoint! :)

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment:
Overall, the image itself is a little bland, with it being neutral upon neutral and not 100% crisp. I'd like a background/base that contrast more with the subject tonally. However, the "story" of the cloud moving through the beer makes this feel like an object in motion, and the thing you notice about the image is the liquid in the glass. Overall, I definitely like this photo and I think it meets the challenge well.

"Ahhh... Butter "
by tfarrell23

Comment:
The fact that the butter LOOKS liquid is what makes this count as a valid interpretation of the challenge in my opinion. I'd have maybe tried for a stark contrast in the bowl, like a deep cobalt blue or other color, to offset the white/yellow of the popcorn. But I like the DOF and composition of the image overall. And it makes me want popcorn, which is a feat when I'm not hungry!

Liquid Tomato...aka..Tomato Soup
by Girl from OZ

Comment:
This image is just so... pretty! The composition, with all that white space, is very unusual. But it WORKS because of the symmetry and formality of the subject!

It doesn't exactly scream "liquid" to me, but it definitely meets the challenge requirements and leaves an impression, in a positive way.

Golden Tears
by tommy_t

Comment:
I didn't notice the faces until I came back to the picture again. Cool! The reason I like this photo is the sharpness of it, plus the fact that if you were trying to explain the word "liquid" to someone who had never seen it before, this picture would help them to understand it pretty quickly, I think. Also, the diagonal dark areas in upper left and lower right add nice symmetry. I don't know exactly what I'm looking at, but I like it. Nice job!