Cheeseburger, Fries, And A Milkshake
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Better (to me) if the milkshake were prominent...

Under the Hood
by Bensted

Comment:
No idea what this is at all or how it fits the theme. I see the Audi logo, but that's about it.

No Walky, No Worky!
by ciaeagle

Comment:
I don't get what I'm seeing here. The first time through I was very confused as it looks like a blob on the battery. Now with the title and looking a little harder, I assume it's a piece of exercise equipment? If so, it's too small to be clear and it would have been more effective to show someone using the equipment to provide power to the battery.

The Secret Behind Old Cameras
by seethroughmylens

Comment:
Very nice attempt, and met the theme. A closer shot with more of the woman and just enough detail from the camera so that we know it's a camera would have made it even stronger.

Malicious machine spirits are maligning your data, while you sleep
by StefanJSimons

Comment:
First pass said this is just a shot of a harddrive which would DNMC the photo. However a second pass seems to show some "blobs" that I guess are supposed to be "at work" in the machine. Giving you the benefit of the doubt there, though they are very hard to see.

Down at the Docks — The barnacled underside of flotation technology.
by Bear_Music

Comment:
OK, so to me this doesn't meet the challenge on a spirit basis, but does on a literal one... since we're seeing how something actually works that we might not really see or understand.

Slaves
by gyaban

Comment:
So I think I know who this photographer is and if I'm right, I'm sad because it's nowhere near their best work.

It does meet the challenge however, so that's good. Barely 50% if that many actually did. The "technology" part (woman using the mixer -- and what an odd mixer it is too!) is more overpowering in the photo than the behind the scenes part. The idea of slaves turning the gears is a very clever idea, however the castle walls as well as the fire tend to kill it.

As Simon Cowell would have said, they were "indulgent" and make little sense to the effect. They were overkill and show-offy. Just having the guy whip the slaves to the turn the gears would have been enough. I'd have like to have seen them a little more prominent too, but I can see that would be hard given the size of that beast of a mixer.

In all a decent attempt, but falls way short. 6

The Stereo Factory
by Sebi

Comment:
Yep, this is what the theme of the challenge was about and sad that so few "got it". But you did, so good job. The resulting image, except for the little guys is a little flat however. Not sure if it's the base image you used or what, but they don't look like one cohesive scene. But good effort. 6

Retouchers
by MarkB

Comment:
Ok, so this meets the challenge and is pretty well done. I like that you flipped the monitor, but the black edge and words we should not be seeing (as if we were "inside" looking out. Minor nit there. Another is that the chain, rope and ladder should be on this side of the monitor, we should see them traverse the monitor frame. Not major, but still detracts slightly. Overall though, love the "burn" and a good effort. 6

SamSam Powered By Android
by zaflabout

Comment:
Overall an ok effort, but nothing spectacular. Perhaps if you'd shown through the back of the device a bunch of androids powering the unit, it would be cooler. Right now it just looks like art or a screensaver on a tablet. But it did meet the challenge, so good job there.