A Glass of Cola
by Long

Comment by KarenNfld:
The shadow is sort of intersting but there is too much grain in the image. Would probably work better on a pure white background.

A Glass of Cola
by Long

Comment by blondmcfly:
I understand what you are getting at but I really hate the blurriness up top.

A Glass of Cola
by Long

Comment by aznym:
I like the approach. Interesting. The balance seems a bit off and I think a slight rotation and alignment would help a lot.

A Glass of Cola
by Long

Comment by mandrade:
you could have fooled me.

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by LucidLotus:
Hm.. this certainly meets the challenge but I'm afraid that is all it has going for it at the moment. Clearly the bubble is meant to be the focus of the image and I think this could be a great idea if a few things were changed:

Background: Rumpled and grey and doesn't do much for the image. I would recommend a black for this type of photograph.

Focus: is GREAT.. unfortunately.. its on the wrong thing - the background. The focus should be centered on the bubble and thus let the background fuzz away, this I can see is difficult due to the nature of bubbles, cameras tend to have a problem finding them to center on.

Lighting: The lighting is actually pretty good, if there was a way to center it more spotlight-esque only on the bubble, that *might* give the camera more help in focusing there too. I can't be sure though. Still your use of light was good.

Composition: Here's a biggie. Right now you simply have a bubble with nothing too exciting going on. This CAN work, but the other elements of the image (background, focus, etc) are working against you and so the simplistic approach didn't really fly. I do like the idea behind the image immensely, I can envision a simple, classicly beautiful perfectly rounded glowing bubble suspended against a black background of some sort.. simple and lovely. So the idea and intent is there, it just didn't manifest itself this time around and led to a fairly dull image.

You have a good eye and vision, just need to work on the technique a bit to bring those up to match. I gave a 3.

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by digidori:
Nice try with the texture and lighting but it lacks impact.

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Neat idea, pity the bubble went out of focus

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by Eclectic:
Very artistic, unfortunately it looks like yor shutter spped was too slow though.

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by TeeQ:
Good idea, but would have like the bubble to be in focus and not so much light shown on the background..

A Momentary Existence
by Long

Comment by jtf6agent:
If the bubble had been in focus I could have done better.