Loving Wife
by bfurner

Comment by hammy:
Cute! The emphasis on the pre-made meal is very cute and interesting.

Loving Wife
by bfurner

Comment by Balko:
Good and realistic idea here, but I don't care for the dark background.

Loving Wife
by bfurner

Comment by Adamsw216:
Nice idea. I'm sure this looked better at a higher resolution. The door is really throwing me off of the composition, though. The strong one-point perspective lines of the door contrast with the more linear aspects of the focal point and throw me off balance.

Loving Wife
by bfurner

Comment by Connor:
nice shot

Tropicana Terror
by bfurner

Comment by klstover:
**Critique Club Comment**

Aaahhh. Very effective, I must say! In fact if I might venture a guess as to the thoughts behind the voting, you may have gotten so many 1s due to the shock factor. And the shock factor is not a bad thing as you really did accomplish what you were going for. What I think would improve the photo is better lighting (the shadow in front distracts somewhat), eliminating the distractions in the background (the right and the upper left), and composition (showing your entire subject can be important). These three elements are very important in photos - consistant lighting, clean backgrounds, and non-cut-off subjects are sort of "rules" of photography, by which I mean that if they're done "wrongly", it can be good as long as there is a reason for it (and I don't see a reason in your photo). Again, great job on the blood... it really does look real... you should definitely think about trying a horror challenge if one comes along!

Tropicana Terror
by bfurner

Comment by bfurner:
No, it is a regular orange w/ some fake blood.

Fake Blood
Corn Syrup
Red Food Die
Touch of Blue food die
Flour or Corn Starch to bind a little

Frosty the Widow
by bfurner

Comment by jeger:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

I was not able to vote on this challenge, but if I had, I probably would have given you a 6.

I think you did a great job considering it wasn't packing snow. You must have magic hands. My first constructive criticism would be that since this photo was taken for a "before & after" challenge, it might make a little more sense to have the full snowman on the left, and the melted snowman on the right, as we generally read from left to right. I love the contrast of the white snow people against the black background. This image might benefit from a little more brightness overall, as the details for the melted snowman are a little difficult to see. My last comment would be that the reflection of the full snow man is a little distracting because it is almost a whole reflection, but not quite. I would either crop the image so that only a small portion of the reflection shows, or crop it so that the entire reflection shows. I think that would strengthen the photo a little bit more. Overall, very comical shot.

If you need any clarification on any of my comments, please feel free to pm me. It might take some time for me to get back to you.

Tropicana Terror
by bfurner

Comment by Ja-9:
is that a blood orange?????

Tropicana Terror
by bfurner

Comment by Connor:
nice shot

Tropicana Terror
by bfurner

Comment by bassbone:
nice creative idea - the splatter of 'blood' behind the orange really makes the shot