Inside the metal box
by jmritz

Comment:
On a formal level, I find this beautiful, and I look forward to reading your info. On a conceptual level, I think the title is the only thing saving this for me. I appreciate the experimental approach, but for this challenge, I really would like to see something in focus/recognizable so that I know what exactly it is that's being disassembled.

Sword-Killer
by GeneralE

Comment:
I'm not sure I get a strong relationship to the topic. I think you're trying to touch it on a purely conceptual level, so I won't ding you down too much. As far as the shot goes, the most prominent feature is the date, and not the tip of the feather pen (as I suspect it should be). Some sharper DOF might help. I think if you were to crop this to remove the knife (sword reference), it would still hold the same power, but be more formally beautiful.

Sharp Shadow
by michalfabik

Comment:
I like the shadow, but wish you could isolate your light sources better so that there weren't so many shadows. The shield in the rear is at a weird point between in focus, and OOF. (you also have some sensor dust towards the top of the image)

Two Kinds of Hard Drives - Those That Have Failed and Those That Are Going To
by seethroughmylens

Comment:
Nice clarity and depth of field. Generally when I think of technology, I think of cool colors, and the nice warm yellow glow here strikes me as odd. I wonder if you could have added in the HD cover as the background, or to add one more level of interest.

Benedictus
by 4trtone

Comment:
I don't see the bottle, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, as I sorta can make it out if I squint. The texture is nice, especially the darker areas. The top right shadow reminds me of a dinosaur. Either way, kudos for experimenting.

curbside
by bvy

Comment:
I'm almost pretty sure that I would have liked this better in the ugly decomposed colors that it originally was. I think I'd like to see it more tightly cropped (remove the leaf) and make more emphasis on the horizontal nature of the bottle.

From Zero to Hero
by Manderz188

Comment:
It feels like your water bottle is about to fall backward. the crop is a bit strange, especially the bottom right.

And The Winner Is.....
by EllieNeufer

Comment:
A bit too high key. Initial reaction was that the bottom portion is ice (not defeated bottles)

Recycling Water Bottles
by DCrest01

Comment:
you feed your plants gatorade? :D

Reflection
by T18roque

Comment:
A bit tightly cropped on top. The bottle is a bit odd colored. It's a bit refreshing to see the focus on the label as opposed to the lid area.