Corkscrew
by Wallit

Comment by glad2badad:
I'm surprised we didn't see more corkscrews in this challenge. This item is so smooth it's hard to show that you've gotten sharp focus. It's also blending into the black a little too much and becoming lost. All JMO of course. Good luck.

Corkscrew
by Wallit

Comment by StephenG:
This appears too low key.

Corkscrew
by Wallit

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Seems to lack clarity somehow. You may have some excessive compression robbing detail, but all that dark background naturally compresses well. Your file size is only 35k, so you had lots of overhead on this to use less compression. It would not have hurt and may have helped.

Corkscrew
by Wallit

Comment by Lutchenko:
way too dark IMO and I'm not keen on the central crop

Corkscrew
by Wallit

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
*not voting as I'm in this challenge-just commenting since I've seen requests for comments in the challenge thread*

Very cool idea, and a great one for this challenge might I add. Execution is laking somewhat though. The blacks in the reflection cause this to be lost some up against the black BG, also all the other stuff going on in the relections are very distracting. I would suggest using either a light tent or painting with light in a very dark room for this sort of object.
HTH

How can you say no to those eyes?
by Wallit

Comment by hotpasta:
looks like the focus isn't in the right place

How can you say no to those eyes?
by Wallit

Comment by DistantColours:
The head is slightly soft - more depth of field overall would help.

How can you say no to those eyes?
by Wallit

Comment by Melethia:
You really did do a good job of getting a great "expression"! It looks as though the light was fairly strong for this shot, resulting in the loss of some detail.

How can you say no to those eyes?
by Wallit

Comment by robst:
nice composition and colours, pity its not in focus or blurred?

Puffin
by Wallit

Comment by Jedusi:
Wow !! What a striking looking bird !