Winner @ the ColorCarnival
by ambaker

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Interesting, but the processing goes too far for me.

Inner workings of an oil thermometer
by ambaker

Comment by tokyoahead:
If there was one focussed point, it would be stronger. good colors, composition.

Winner @ the ColorCarnival
by ambaker

Comment by yermun:
This has turned into a cartoon image. I like it though.

Coffee_Break
by ambaker

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impression: Creative take on this username. I like the idea very much, although it possibly falls into the "water drop" category.

Composition: The composition works well, although possibly I would like to have seen more background to give a bit more context.

Technical: Here I think there is some room for improvement (when considering a higher score on DPC). I expect unless you had a whole cupboard full of cups that you were prepared to break into smithereens, that you didn't have too many chances to get this bang on the money! For me the lighting seems very flat and makes the image quite dull. I'm not sure how you could overcome that without blowing the highlights in the cup. (I'm not that technically competent that I can offer solutions). I do think this is the main reason why it only scored mid-5.

Overall I like the image, it's a good subject for this challenge and with some improvements in lighting/processing I think it could have scored higher. It did not realise it's potential.

Inner workings of an oil thermometer
by ambaker

Comment by photopia:
I think that the focus was difficult to get.

Inner workings of an oil thermometer
by ambaker

Comment by kivgaen:
I've seen this thermometer before... I've seen much better pictures of this thermometer before. This particular one is not very good -- there is too much going on and its far too busy.

Inner workings of an oil thermometer
by ambaker

Comment by LalliSig:
Well you probably know this already but it´s not in focus so how can you expect people to give it a high score?

Coffee_Break
by ambaker

Comment by colorcarnival:
Truly underrated. I thought this was a great capture - especially with the coffee stream flying. Plus it doesn't look like a studio shot which really should give it some bonus points.

Winner @ the ColorCarnival
by ambaker

Comment by bvy:
She'll love it!

Winner @ the ColorCarnival
by ambaker

Comment by ronaldfw:
Sorry, really don't like the post-processing, and without
it, this would probably just be a snapshot. Would like to
see the original.