Liberty And Justice
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Hi, I'd like to explain my reasoning for giving this a low mark (I gave a 3, which I admit is a bit low).
1. Its not that original. A very similar shot of water on a leaf won a couple of weeks ago. One comment suggests that this technique was shown practical photography very recently.
2. Its not that technically difficult. You have complete control of the subject. Its a bit like painting by numbers, gives good results for a mimimum of effort.
3. It panders to patriotism, without actually saying anything about it. If the flag was in a patriotic context (parade, cemetary, etc) then thats OK, but I would really have prefered to be able to judge this without having to consider whether the use of the flag was cynical or not (BTW, I am British).

Encased in Water
by AquaGoddess12880

Comment:
Its not vertical and you've cropped the botton off the glass. Also, rotating the table to get the wicker running horizontal would help the 'formality' of the picture. Using fizzy water (or lemonade) could have helped the dead area in the bowl of the glass.

Clarity of Vision
by magnetic9999

Comment:
I did a quick test of this concept, and got a load of very average results. What setup did you use to create this pic?

Salad
by Kimbly

Comment:
Very good, but Im not sure I like the red parts.

Glass Lion (Classified)
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
One of the better shots through textured glass

knobs
by sns

Comment:
The far orb is not dead center in the near one, which takes a little bit away from the photo. Maybe you could try digging a hole in your shower wall to get the camara body out of the way.

Running for Shade
by ritaard

Comment:
Before clicking, I run through a mental checklist, one item being 'Am I holding the camera straight?'

the engineering marvels of general electric [aka where's the butter]
by jonathans

Comment:
I really dont know whether to give this a 1 or a 10.
As a photo, it fails miserably.
As a peice of conceptual art, its got a weak concept, nothing visually interesting, and no skill needed to make it. So thats a 10, then.

Headin' Home
by Kathyc

Comment:
Ye olde level horizon problem.

Mothra
by mci

Comment:
I always get problems with the antennae out of focus, or blurred if I use a longer exposure. Not much you can do about it.