Botany
by lovethelight

Comment:
Excellent macro shot. The lighting is perfect for this subject, and the colors are perfectly saturated. Nice work. The DOF is a bit shallow, but not enough to make a huge difference.

Steam
by magenmarie

Comment:
Your composition is good, with the use of the rule of thirds. The silhouette is a bit chunky though, and the lighting is a bit too plain for my taste.

The Power of Dreams
by lienskliw

Comment:
Nice motion panning image. I especially like the reflection of the motorcyle. The blurred red on the left is a bit of a destraction, and the fence in the background is too, but your subject is awesome.

Backyard Herpetology
by WriteHeart

Comment:
Nice capture of this snake. The square crop works well with your composition. I love how you got the tongue out and everything. I just wish the DOF was a bit deeper to get the rattles in focus also.

Electroluminescence
by Sting11165

Comment:
I have no idea what those are. (I'm a computer geek and photography geek, not a science geek) But this has got to be the best image I've viewed so far. Your symmetry is perfect for this challenge. The blurred-out background complements your subject perfectly. Nice work.

Science At Your Finger Tip
by rick13601

Comment:
I expected to see a lot of these in this challenge. This one seems similar in composition to the previous science challenge . No doubt that was intended. I like the inclusion of more space in the other challenge entry. This shot is so close and quasi macro that it is hard to tell what it is at first and second glance. Still, a nice image though, with some decent work put in to it.

Refraction
by sfalice

Comment:
I love the subject (glass with liquid and controlled lighting, not the playboy bunny). The placement of the glass in the frame seems a bit odd. It's too close to the center, but not close enough at the same time. The glass and light, with their symmetrical qualities would look better in a centered composition. The other thing would make it look better off-center, but more than it is. Other than that, the coloring of the playboy bunny is kind of an ugly, muted grey. It would have been nicer to find something that contrasted more with the red light instead.

Enlighten the world with science
by marvin

Comment:
This is a very nice concept. I've seen it done before. I really like the bulb in this photo, but it seems a bit small. I'm not sure why. The hand doesn't really fit in well with the sky. The color of lighting is extremely different. Very apparent that either a) you took a picture of the hand in front of a print, or, more likely, a monitor, or b) you fooled around with it in PP. With that fixed, this would be a much better photograph. Without it, it still stands well against the composition in this challenge.

The Young Botanist
by AP

Comment:
What a perfect crop on this shot. This photo definitely proves that there is a place in photography for centered compositions. I love how the light skims across the grass, right to the little girl. I love how it lights up the trunk of the tree, making it glow against the dark, shady background. I just wish that it would have found it's way to all of the leaves. That is the only improvement that could be made on this photo IMO.

Icy Chemical Reaction
by Man_Called_Horse

Comment:
I can only imagine how difficult this must have been to set up. I'd be interested to knew exactly what it is. Unfortunately, the focus seems a bit off, enough so that the subject is not easily recognizable.