Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by slgardner:
The red of the strawberrys really stand out. Love the perspective that this was shot. Very nice composition. 10

Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by ButterflySis:
Superb! Nice colors - the strawberries are nice 'n red, not washed out.

When should I arrive? :-)

Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by RickDN:
Oh boy, a tough one. Gets my 10, though, it's very good. It's one of those shots where you're going to like it a lot or not. Low key really annoys some folks, but I think it came off as injecting a romantic feel that really pumps it up. Wow.

Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by michael_p:
An awkward shot to shoot - having not tried to shoot anything as tall on a plate you want to zoom into a fair ammount I can't see how difficult it would have been to get a slightly over head shot whilst keeping the part of the candle burning in this picture but overall as you have it it is a brilliant presentation... Nice reds in the strawberries too - reminds me of Fresh Strawberries with fresh mint and heaped up clotted cream :0) Yummmmmmmmy

Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by alanfreed:
I'm glad to see there's only one other fondue shot in the challenge -- we're reasonably original (I shot the other one)! I might have tried using a light background on this one. I'm having a hard time making out the dish against the dark background. My only other suggestion would have been to use a smaller aperature so that the whole fork could be in focus -- that's something I struggled with in my own shot.

Chocolate Fondue
by ellamay

Comment by LucidLotus:
Nice presentation - would like to see the chocolate aspect a bit more clearly - perhaps a chocolate drizzled strawberry on the end of the stick. The lighting works well, I like the lit candle. The focus is a bit soft in the right hand corner for me - especially since the placing of the fondue fork has the wooden end sticking out in a way that draws attention. That said, I like its position, tempts the viewer to reach in and take some. 7

Acid Rain Examined
by ellamay

Comment by bruski:
A very nice, simple, yet effective image. I like it.

Acid Rain Examined
by ellamay

Comment by DebN2003:
Like the metallic look that some of the drops have.

Acid Rain Examined
by ellamay

Comment by wip:
I think that you are forcing us (the viewer) to see acid rain through the wording of the title instead of doing it photographically. Outside of this challenge this is a good photo, although similar shots like this have been done before, but I think you could have done more with this.

Haze
by ellamay

Comment by cmangis:
Congratulations. I thought this would place MUCH higher. I love the haze, the plane, the composition--everything.