Shattered
by nards656

Comment by karmat:
I so want to vote on this. I would give it an 8 or 9, frankly. It is sharp and well focused, and whoever advised you to use a contrasting color as a background is a pure photography genius. You gotta teach me how to do those borders, btw, that is totally cool. Nicely done.

Good Show!
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Comment by DaveSM:
Lightning should had been oriented slightly differently to make it easier to read the ribbon.

Shattered
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Comment by CNovack:
The colors really 'pop' out at you visually! Very nice capture of the lime slice making a 'splash' in this wine glass. It must have taken alot of patience and time to do so kudos to you in persistance. Focus is nice and sharp, the viewer gets a nice detailed view of all the elements in this image from the slice of the lime to the shape of the glass to the 'bubbles' in the glass.

Shattered
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Comment by jwillerton:
How did you do the black broder? Very interesting.

Shattered
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Comment by Jutilda:
I know this is a technique that is hard to capture. I guess I'm jaded cause I've seen it a zillion times. I'll try not to let that sway my vote. ;~D

Shattered
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Comment by hotpasta:
great splash image...love the red and the composition

A Little Embarrassed
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Comment by bvlindalou:
I like your dof

Good Show!
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Comment by Perfect-Calamity:
I like the idea behind this photograph, but there could be a little more interest to this photo if there was something else to it, like a different texture, or some sort of contrasts. Nice try though.

Sensory Overload
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Comment by DrAchoo:
The technicals: I like bounce flash so I think your lighting is excellent. Your composition is nice with the slightly off centered foreground subject. The color scheme works well.

The feel: What are you trying to accomplish here? This is where the picture fails. The title gives us the impression we should be "overloaded" either literally or virtually in one of our senses. Visually, the picture is more bare than crowdede. We could imagine an overload of coffee smell (mmmmm), but not in this picture. I can hardly see the coffee and it is trapped in the sterile cage of a white filter. The DOF, while nicely done, also does not add much here other than to meet the challenge.

The game: you were rewarded with a near five because your techincals were well done. You were not rewarded with a higher score because the picture fails for the reasons above and does not transcend beyond an exercise in shallow DOF.

Sensory Overload
by nards656

Comment by glad2badad:
Hmmm. Not sure why this didn't score a little higher. Maybe it was that the viewers couldn't engage with the subject, or didn't see any "Wow" in it?

Personally I like the balance of the composition and the DOF is on the mark for the challenge. White balance, focus, lighting, etc... are all fine as well. Maybe the white cup in between the two blue ones is too much? Throws off the symetry a little? Just a thought.

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