Gloop
by hawkida

Comment:
My guess is this photo was flipped upside down! Hope to find out after the challenge is over...

It's a sort of interesting image, colors, lighting and composition are OK. I think a little more of the foreground in focus would work better - the blur hurts the eyes a little. I think if you could have brought a little more out of that center drip - through light, better focus, something - it would have helped a lot. 5

Human Pod
by CLarson557

Comment:
I knew I recognized that JP bulb! I had my gall bladder out in January, had complications, and had one of those things hanging out of me for almost a month. Was that not the weirdest sensation when they pull that thing out??? Sorry I couldn't bring myself to score higher - the image just had too fresh and real-world a connotation for me to get past. :-)

Human Pod
by CLarson557

Comment:
Alright, if this is what I think it is, that's just gross. Just had surgery four months ago, and this looks like the drainage tube that collected the puss and fluid out of my incision. Beyond that, there's no real focus (subject wise) and is very blurry. I suppose that could be an "artistic" choice, but it doesn't work for me.

American Reflections
by buzzrock

Comment:
Oh, no! A flag shot! Let the fur fly! Seriously, interesting shot. I think I would have liked it better if you had gotten a corner of the blue into the action. I think (hard to say for sure - the glass may be distorting the focus) that a bit of a wider DOF would have been better. As it is, it appears that some of the corners closest to the lens are blurred, which really has a disturbing effect. But except for those couple of spots, it's very clear and gives a nice effect.

Eye-glass
by robsmith

Comment:
Is it on purpose that the text in through the glasses is slightly clearer than the rest of the text. If so, well done. If not.... well done. :-) Though that leaves the frame a bit soft as well. Overall, it's not a real "wow" shot, but it's clever and well executed.

Clever Sliver
by knightd

Comment:
Sorry, I'm not getting it. I see what looks like some glass, but it's out of focus and I can't tell what it is. Without some context, the DOF seems too shallow and I don't see anything interesting.

Cranberry Glass Reflections
by GeeGee

Comment:
Way too noisey, too many reflections (peekaboo, I see you!). I like the perspective, and what I just realized is the reflection (good in this case :-) ) of the vase in the mirror behind. Nice try, give NeatImage a shot.

Shattered...
by aui

Comment:
Challenging idea. (Thought about trying it myself, but wasn't motivated enough...) Pretty good job of stopping the motion, but the focus isn't real clear, probably due to the shallow DOF. The lighting doesn't help either. The monotone treatment - it's OK, but not real striking. Good try, results aren't too bad.

Wild Blue
by #1 Bronco Fan

Comment:
The light from behind washed out the features of the face.

Stratoculumi Stimuli
by dsidwell

Comment:
A bit noisy, but interesting. Try NeatImage (though this mght be a tough image for it.