Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by HBunch:
Very beautiful colors. I love the angle this is at and the lighting is beautiful. You did a great job of keeping distracting glare and reflection off the glass tubes and shiny pencils both. The yellow pencil seems to have a bit more glare than the rest of the pencils. Not complaining, but I wonder why it did this. Would it have mattered if the pencil was rotated slightly cause I noticed that the flat side of all the other pencils are facing front, but the yellow pencil has a pointy corner facing forward. I also like how the background isn't pure white, but a grey-ish white. Sometimes pure white is better, but you made a great jugdement to go with the off white in this situation. Great job and good luck in the challenge.

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by autool:
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background6,
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing5,
Challenge: Does your entry meet it?10,
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 4,
Total Averaged Rating6. Autool

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by Gracious:
From my perspective:
Meets challenge:Yes
Technical:could be a little clearer, focus is a little soft
Appeal/Artistic:Very nice...I love the colors, and a good choice of background
Composition:good
Originality:good
Comments:Good luck in the challenge.

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by RedRuthann:
I very much like this idea.The angle is good as well as composition. IMO - the lighting needs adjustment and the background, if supposed to be white, needs adjustment as well. If the grey was unintentional, i suggest manipulating the white balance (if possible) on your camera. Or perhaps with a black background. Personally, I have found that the white background is difficult at first, but with many many trial and errors, I think that I've gotten much better. Actually, when I first started - I didn't even realize it. I thought my photo was just fine, until someone pointed it out to me - then I compared the photo to my subject and realized that the entire coloring of the image was off. I'm say this in the assumption that this was not intended. I can tell that you had a vision - visualization. I like the way the shot is setup. good lines. Great job and effort. 7
Ruthann

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by quarx:
you should shot on a wider angle.
good concept

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by syamjonimi:
Nice color combinations. A little soft on the focus and a darker background and more even crop would give this more visual appeal.

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by Kavey:
Colourful, sort of abstract-ish, pretty. Would like a whiter background, and a more even distance between the sets of two. The middle set feels like it should be over to the left a bit. This matters (for me) on this shot because it's so highly graphical, like a repeating set.
6, Kavey

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by mscott821:
Good color richness

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by muckpond:
I would like to see this with the colors more vibrant and the background lighter -- playing with the levels in Photoshop (if you've got it) would help it out a lot. Otherwise, maybe stronger lighting from above? muckpond

Chemistry
by jaxx

Comment by mcrochip:
I think this would work better with a different background. The gray kind of mutes the colors of the pencils.