gently flowing(liquid)in the afternoon breeze
by camelotnorth

Comment by loz1:
I don't understand the title. I can't see the liquid in your shot.

melodious music box
by camelotnorth

Comment by qachyk:
Oh, neat. I had a very simple one of these as a kid, and I was always fascinated by how it worked, so to see a macro shot of the workings is very nostalgic for me. Which translates to "great choice of subject".

melodious music box
by camelotnorth

Comment by StevePax:
Nice angle, nice lighting. Definitely says sound.

melodious music box
by camelotnorth

Comment by jerrft:
I can almost hear it! Very nice - the angle seems a bit off - maybe not. 7

melodious music box
by camelotnorth

Comment by Kneeforu:
great shot.

melodious music box
by camelotnorth

Comment by hughletheren:
Excellent photo

turquoise and silver
by camelotnorth

Comment by Swashbuckler:
It's a pretty necklace and mostly well done. I agree with the masses that the focus in the lower section seems to be the weakest part of this shot. Difficult subject (justine is ever so correct!) and added difficulty for the steep angle (good for interest, bad for focus). I gave this an 8. Rob

My Pi(e) are squared.
by camelotnorth

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Hi Betty, I didn't vote this challenge (can't be everywhere!). I think people take their food a little too seriously around here! The "R" should have just peeled off easily, no fuss, no muss, no fuzz. Cropping - minor mistake....Lighting - a tad harsh.
(I got murdered over a hair in my Merange shot....geez, like I was going to serve that colored mess??? I washed it down the drain, please!)
Another really good CC critique!

Oh......oh
by camelotnorth

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Ehh, people are so silly! Why do they feel the need for colors to be "average". This photo was probably taken about an hour or so before sunset, that gives the cloud tops a yellow tint (we do have a yellow sun, no?) The trees shouldn't be in focus, they aren't the subject! I like the patch of blue - says to me..it was nice, but it's going downhill. I gave this a 7. A little more drama would have placed this in my upper grouping.

This candy has been chromed
by camelotnorth

Comment by sylandrix:
Greetings from the Critique Club!...

FIRST IMPRESSIONS... Just a note on my impressions of extreme photo manipulations such as yours. I don't know if it contributed to your low placement, but I would hope it didn't. While it is true that Photoshop enables anyone to easily make extreme modifications such as yours, there was a time where photographers who produced these kinds of shots had their work published and admired. Well, maybe not by everyone admired them, but they were still considered valid works of art... 'Course, to keep things fair, this kind of effect in a darkroom was more difficult to accomplish, and at the time it was new and experimental...

COMPOSITION... Shot at an interesting angle, the slight crop on bottom and right are immediately noticeable and I'm trying to decide whether putting in the little bit that's missing on the bottom and right frame would help the photo or not, was that an intentional crop or just accidental? The reflections in the glass from the various shapes are nice, as well as the candy. Lack of color in a candy shot? Without the original shot of the candy, its hard to say whether this shot would be aided or suffer with the addition of color -> an ultimate judgment for the photographer to make. Perhaps it is this extreme effect that makes the subject stand out as it does, and the shot could have been quite mundane if rendered in absolute realism. I personally like the effect, sure the candy doesn't look like candy or anything any kid would want to touch, but that could be part of a message trying to be conveyed -> candy bad for you? :).

TECHNIQUE... Hard to evaluate this part. Hard to say if good lighting was used, at al. Technique seems pretty straightforward, nothing else I can add.... Curve adjustments also do funky things with your photos... you can try that too :)

OVERALL... It's pretty bold to submit an extremely manipulated photo. Such a departure from a typical photo is usually not met well in any forum, but if it worked for you and you like it, that's what counts in the end. I find it interesting and different, and would have probably rate it a 6 or 7.