Meeting the challenge: Excellent! This is definitely identifiable as milk or cream and you certainly "got" it!!
Composition: Good use of thirds, use of dark background to contrast against the milk (although it would have been nice to have been a little more solid) The chain is a little bit distracting but not a major problem. It would have been nice to see one eye to enhance the expression, but I certainly understand pouring milk over oneself in the middle of winter might not justify 100 shots of the moment ;)
Technical Quality: Again, I would like to have seen the background more solid. The capture of the moment is excellent, the skin tones good and the focus is very good. It appears you used a perfect shutter speed to stop the movement of the milk, and I love the splat on the nose! I would also like the background to have been a less speckled in addition to being a solid color. You might have been able to improve on this with a levels adjustment. Good focus and depth of field, also.
Creativity: Excellent, I think I might have called this "human sacrifice ritual for DPC", but the the satirical title fits well, too. Unlike some other comments, I think there is enough of your face showing to communicate a feeling of "arggh" during this shot.
Overall: Nice shot, fits well with the challenge, with background change, would have been at least an 8 for me.
all self shot - no assistants - i set up a patio chair and a propped-up hat-on-a-stick to get the focus close - then i brought out a nice big glass and a gallon of milk - the first try i missed my head completely, which distracted me because on the second try i got about half of the back of my head BUT i forgot to take the shot! 3rd times a charm (or as close as i was willing to go that night - yes it was after 9 PM and i was bopping aroung outside in a pair of swim-trunks)
I hope you wamed the milk first, huh? I'm sorry but this photo is unappealing to me. It has everything with his his reaction. I expect he should be laughing or shocked.. but he looks almost bored with it. How many takes did he have to endure exactly?! Haha! If I could change something it would be to somehow lose the shadows on the cieling (it looks like). Maybe by opening up the aperture to blur them out? Dunno. Good luck!
Wild shot! I sure hope this is milk and not paint!! Good composition and stop action. I'm not sure how refreshing it would be. Good take and creativity on the challenge.
Strange and a bit grotesque! Is this the same bearded man who was in that tongue shot in the "Body Parts" challenge? If so, he's a great subject for your photos... willing to do all kinds of things :). I like photos of people who look "real", and not classically photogenic.
The milk splash effect is very well captured, but I think the lighting is too strong, making UFO shaped shadows on your background.
Wow, that's taking one on the chin for the site! Nice stop action! Lots of mild drops flying around, really fun. Did you want the drop's shadows? I might have tried doing this with a background further away, but it's your choice. 8 Swash
Who had to clean that up? LOL Glad it wasn't me. Great capture.......wow really good timing and good light. I like it. He got a milk bath in the deal. LOL fun shot.
Looks like spackle. Well taken, not so sure that generally I like it though. Certainly though someone sacrificed for the sake of photography!! - Inspzil
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