Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by Photologist:
The lighting seems a bit harsh.

Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by kotzie:
The lighting seems really harsh and the shadows distracting. And it looks like there's a stain on the table cloth.

Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by BAMartin:
Very funny image, but the background is wrinkled and the shadows sort of overwhelm the photo.

Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by JJWoolls:
Good photo, it is just not a very appealing subject.... Does fit the challenge though..

I am not a good photographer, I do not claim to be better than anyone, any criticism is meant to be constructive criticism......

Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by tapcity:
my great grampa gillette ate 'em wif a knif. nice work.

Eating peas by the piece
by Camabs

Comment by wetland:
Very cool. Background seems a bit dark...and is the spot on the table for "effect". But really like the setup.

Smoothie
by Camabs

Comment by KaDi:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

You received many good comments with which I mostly agree...so I dont' have much to add. You needed to feature the subject...the smoothie. Composition hurt you as you added elements that didn't help the subject. I do like the cut fruit but would have included the other halves. The straws are a not need addition...it may be the truth in the way you drink them but not needed for the story of "smoothie". You bumped up againstg the edge of the frame...gotta give the subject room to breathe. :)

Lighting is great on the glass! A bit much on the background. Velvet is a great light soaker for backgrounds but you need to find the right one... Also pulling the subject away from the background helps but you also need to work that depth of field.

Overall, you're on the right track and you know it. Tighten up the studio process by giving yourself lots of time to consider all the details and tweak, tweak, tweak.

Smoothie
by Camabs

Comment by Camabs:
Thanks for the comments, some meaningfull insights there (and compliments are always nice to receive).

The score of 5.2 is about what it deserves I guess. Nothing to be greatly proud of, but at least it pushed the 4-point-somethings from my high-score list. About time to get ridd of the 5-point-somethings as well. I will have to score my first 6-point-something though :P

Smoothie
by Camabs

Comment by egpieper:
Yumm, Yumm... fruity

Smoothie
by Camabs

Comment by Bud:
Nicely composed.