Opposite reaction
by BJ

Comment:
I cannot in the slightest tell what this is or is meant to be. There's abstract, and then there's unfathomable. It's vaguely pretty in a shades-of-red sort of way I suppose.

Lick Quid
by Wraith Ravenscroft

Comment:
Must stamp out all punners. Punners are EVIL.

Er, well. At least I got the joke. And it really is a L1 coin, that's, er, good. Not a shot I'd want hanging on my wall but a funny-once at least.

Smooth black coffee
by peter_k

Comment:
Very blurry and maybe a bit too bright. I actually can't tell it's coffee due to these things but I'll take your word for it.

Iced Tea
by JB707

Comment:
Kind of interesting lighting. I know everyone says "don't center your photos" but when it's the only object and it takes up the majority of the frame, it does tend to work better IMO -- a tight crop like this just looks unbalanced to me when the subject isn't centered.

Pure Maple Syrup
by Gracious

Comment:
Mmm. Syrup. Waffles. Mmm. MMMMMMM.

Gosh darn it, more food! This has been an agonizing voting round! I like the shot overall, the placement/framing, the idea. It seems a bit washed out and/or overly yellow at the top third or so; the bottom third is much better.

Abstract Liquid Art (Food Coloring On Milk)
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I'm not a big abstract fan (you'll probably see this a lot in my comments) but I have no problems with this topically and I like that the shapes are distinct enough to view things in them a la Rorshach but flow enough to mix the colours and give that liquid sense. I kind of wish you'd either omitted the border or made it less bright.

Gloop
by hawkida

Comment:
It's.... ALIVE!
It does kinda look alive, which is interesting. Very liquidy, no distractions from the main subject, so good composition even if the subject is a little on the strange side.

Liquid&Solid
by Tiberius

Comment:
Honestly I think I would have preferred this without the front shell half being present, as I like the idea but that sort of takes focus (in the viewing sense) from the liquid part of this. I do like it against a black background, really makes it stand out as no doubt was the point.

Drop of Honey
by Jacko

Comment:
Hmm, well, kind of overly-arty for my tastes. I'm fine with the use of honey and I do like the word refraction but I think there's way too much emphasis on the printout and not enough on the liquid; to some degree it's de-emphasized because of the focal blur but it's still a bit much.

Where's the water when you need it......
by agwright

Comment:
The only real problem with the subject is those bottles really don't spill like this in my experience -- that's half the point of squeeze bottles. The basic idea is sound. I think I would have liked it better at a slightly top-down angle to emphasize the liquid.