A deep feeling of....
by david_c

Comment:
joy is what the phrase seems to want, but I'm thinking wetness or satisfaction. :) Fun shots. I would have cropped off the top a bit. The first shot is my favorite because his head is going so hard, his jowls are all pushed up on one side. :)

Silicon Spectrum
by Cory

Comment:
Pretty cool -- I had no idea what it was. I figured it was light panels someplace.

Yes... You arrre cool! (IMAGE_ID=1005506)
by Tiberius

Comment:
Haha! Great take on the original. :)

Wimshurst generator
by bsluijk

Comment:
Awesome!!! Huge congrats on the blue and the PB! It was an 8 from me. :)

About the blue spark -- I'm assuming that you don't have the blue because it's blown. Two things you can try:

1. Do you shoot RAW? This gives you more control over the exposure during post processing. You can open the file and adjust it the way you want it to appear for the mechanism itself, then open another copy of the same file, this time bringing down the exposure until you get the blue, and then merge the two images, masking out the appropriate areas.

2. If the RAW file still doesn't give you enough information, since it was advanced editing, you can take two pictures -- one exposure adjusted for the machine then one exposure adjusted to the blue spark. Then bring the images together masking out the appropriate parts.

That's what I would do -- there's probably other ways of doing it. :)

Feel free to PM if you have questions.

Again -- wonderfully done!!

You CAN have it and EAT it too!!!
by maz001

Comment:
I like the idea and set up of the shot, but the lighting seems quite flat. I think more contrast could have helped. :)

Home-madeTiramisu Topped Cheesecake with Lady Finger Crust and Choclate Covered Coffee Beans
by unbreakable

Comment:
Sounds like something Bear_music would make. :)

I like the pov and the dof. Are the lady fingers a little oversaturated? (color wise, not simple syrup or liqueur-wise. :)

guilt on a stick
by MichaelC

Comment:
I love the idea of the shot and the angle, but it's still so dark. I'd be curious what it would look like with the interior of the facility brighter. It's possible that you're getting hurt quite a bit by the 800 pixel limit. Maybe it would be better if we could see it at 1600, and the darkness wouldn't affect it so much. 5 as is, but probably could have been a 7 shot.

Well hello there rainbow sprinkles... have you met my tummy?
by O'Holleran

Comment:
I like this one a lot. I kind of wish that the cupcakes behind were going off more at an angle instead of straight behind. I would be curious if it would have improved it, or just been different. I like what the dof does to the colors of the back cupcakes. The only nitpick is the area between the front two cupcakes -- I'd be curious what that would look like lighter. The shadow seems to be out of keeping with the bright, cheerful shot. All nitpicks, though. 7 for the photograph. +1 because what you did with the photograph really made me want the cupcake. There may be prettier desserts on here, but this one made my mouth water. -8-

Overload
by Neat

Comment:
I think this is one of those shots that need to grow on you. I like the processing. But the composition is bothersome in the beginning. My eye was split between the lamp and the kid, and neither really held it.

It gets better the more you go back to it. The lamp is really quite nice, but I want it to play more of a part in the story. Since it's in the upper right corner, I'd love him to be in the lower left corner, turned a bit more. I want the light to be casting a warm circle glow on the scene below and have it's light play more of a part. Right now they're just too disconnected. I'd even think of having the screen on on the laptop, like you caught the moment when he just fell asleep. The screen wouldn't show anything, but the lighting might be interesting to bring the eye more over the the kid.

I'm also wondering whether it would be better flipped. Since people read left to right, sometimes, when you an image that splits your eye, it's more effective leaving the last look at the main subject. (a lot of images don't work flipped -- but it's a though.)

ooh -- yup -- flipping it made it much more about the kid and the technology (I had to go try it :)

Cheese
by Kelli

Comment:
Absolutely spectacular set of photos!! What great smiles. :)