Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by eloise:
To me, in this shot, the waterdrops are the star. The glass could be a sheet of aluminum and it wouldn't change the picture much at all. Because of this, I can't grade it too highly for *this* particular challenge.

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by Toddh:
Technically this appears to be pretty well executed..... I think it lacks a focal point.... it is defiately a nice pattern..... also it does not obviously (not that it needs to be bleedingly obvious) depict glass... though I assume the water is sitting on glass.... I gave this a 6 as I think it is a good effort, just feel it could better represent the topic.... Good luck, Todd.

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by marco:
This image would be great as a website background or wallpaper, but to stand on its own, it lacks a main point of interest imho.

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by sotsot:
freshing feeling !!

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by Lustre:
It's a nice texture and a good photo, but I think you have stretched to make it relevant to the glass challenge a bit too much.

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by 'Pong:
Simplicity always works

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by ozthunder:
Would make a nive wallpaper - very nice, but not original

Three Stages of Mr. Potato Head
by deckyon

Comment by ClubJuggle:
*Critique Club*

FIRST IMPRESSION: Fun subject, nice progression.

CHALLENGE: Meets the challenge.

COMPOSITION: All three shots are composed well overall, but the background does not appear to be very well thought out. The chair and table in the background are distracting in my opinion. These strike me individually as grab shots rather than planned photographs, but as a group they work well together for the theme.

TECHNICAL: Exposure is good, though the lighting is a bit stong in front and fades in a manner suggesting use of a flash as your primary light source (though the shot fortunately lacks the hard shadows typically seen in flash photography).


CONCLUSION: A good, promising subject that could be strengthened with additional attention to lighting. I wonder if the progression might flow more naturally if the last shot were placed first, though upon reading your comments I understand why you laid it out the way you did. These are among the better of the child shots I've seen submitted to challenges; your contribution actually belongs in the challenge, where many others' "kid shots" strike me as someone using the challenge as an excuse to show off their kids.

Thanks for sharing and good luck in future challenges!

Message edited by author 2003-05-07 15:38:39.

Liquid Glass
by deckyon

Comment by OneSweetSin:
Very nice macro of the water drops.

Three Stages of Mr. Potato Head
by deckyon

Comment by deckyon:
Thanks everyone, for voting on my image. A special thanks to everyone who commented. I like all the comments and welcome any suggestion and critisim you are willing to give.