one way ride
by gecuts

Comment:
Interesting shot. Completely off topic as far as I can tell. If there's liquid here I am not seeing it.

Berry Limeade
by indigo997

Comment:
I really like the lighting in this and the colour spread to the foam thereby, as well as the tons of little bubbles. My one nit might be the bubbles represent 'gas' more than they do 'liquid', though I get the 'liquid' feel from it anyhow.

Polish
by progersct

Comment:
Although this is a very nice shot overall, very attractive, and I agree that nail polish constitutes a 'liquid', the focus seems to be "pretty woman's foot and shoe", and not "liquid", so in terms of a challenge entry it loses a bit. I do like the use of tone in this quite a lot.

Liquid Fire
by JPR

Comment:
If the flame were somewhat less bright -- er, I hope that's meant to be flame, but I presume it is -- I think this would have worked better. Interesting use of focus so the bottle is clear; I think that's feeding into the brightness, though.

Limed
by jpb56ny

Comment:
Due to the very close-up shot this ends up too busy with lime, straw, and ice drawing the eye from the liquid. I also think a bit more distance or coming in from a bit higher would have been more attractive; there's this refraction thing going on with the lime that is a bit eye-watering for me.

Hydrargyrum
by dadas115

Comment:
Is this actually quicksilver? Huh, yeah, it looks like it is. I wasn't sure what I was looking at until I looked up what your photo title meant, though I might have gotten it in time.

I'm not sure how I feel about the use of stop-motion in this case; I think I'd rather have seen more of the quicksilver itself the flying droplets. But I do like how the shadows ended up, it's kinda neat.

Coffee with Milk
by STEINR

Comment:
I realize people prefer to set up shots like this with no visible human intervention but it looks a bit odd to me like the pitcher is suspended in mid-air rather than being poured. I think with more of a tilt downwards this impression would be reduced without introducing the hand. I also personally would not have minded the hand showing.

I like the choice of mug/pitcher in terms of their attractiveness, and the pale but slightly patterned (if only by shadow) background, and the contrast between them. The concept is sound. There's maybe a little too much negative space below the cup to balance the top out well.

Liquid gold
by Incarlight

Comment:
I think I would have preferred the focus reversed -- sharp on the foreground, blurred on the back, that is. This version is rather distracting, since the focus is on the man but the eyes keep getting drawn to the blurry, bright yellow whic hI presume is another glass of liquid -- not even positive of that due to the amount of blur, just guessing from topic and title.

Liquid Universe
by Dxxxx

Comment:
I'm hoping the bubbles are because it's not water but something carbonated, because it seems a lot of people didn't read that 'not water' clause... I like the tunneling effect at the bottom, but overall this is far too abstract for my tastes, though it does convey the 'liquid' portion of the challenge well (it's just the 'not water' part I'm not sure on).

Cola
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
Blurred glass rim is very distracting. Either a different focal point or a different angle to avoid this would have been better. The fade into bright light that eradicates the straw looks a bit odd, like that half of the glass just doesn't exist, which is a little disconcerting. I think the choice of angle was a good thought, it just didn't quite work for me.