I could not find a good rusty nail for the picture so I got one that was partially rusty and painted it with stone textured orange paint. The drink is a rusty nail (scotch and Drambui). I bought small bottles of each to make the drink. Tried to fake it with tea, but could not get the same look so I used the real stuff. Since I don't really drink much it did not hurt to toss the drink when done (contaminated by the nail and paint).
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I don't like that the bottom of the glass is cropped off, perhaps a lower angle would have worked better. The black background is a good choice and I like the color combination. Nice shot, overall.
This is nice, but I think a few things could have made it great. First, it would have been nice to see good, clean ice that doesn't look fresh out of the ice tray in your freezer. The composition is weighted too heavily in the center of the frame. If you'd have cropped some of the bottom out, it would have been a stronger image. The lemon peel, though perhaps accurate to the drink recipe, takes away from the comedy of an actual rusty nail being thrown in the glass. It just looks out of place to me. Lastly, I wouldn't have put the glass on a mirror...it confuses the eye and makes the glass seem distorted near the bottom. Still, I give it a 6.
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 7
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 8
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc.? 3
How well does it meet the challenge: 5
Total Averaged Rating 6 Dick
Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 7
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
Beautiful shot of glass, ice, and drink. Lighting and background superb. I would have liked to see all of glass. Too bad the nail had to go into the picture. You would do well creating slick magazine advertising photos.
Hehe. Nice idea and the only one who thought of it. I'd like to see the bottom of the glass. Black background works nicelt for this. The small white dots at various places on the glass are minor but noticeable.
Ah yes, my favorite drink. A little single malt scotch, a little Drambuie.. Yumm!
A great idea for the challenge. I wish I would have thought of this myself. The photo seems to be missing something. Maybe a little more sparkle? The composition is cropped a bit too tight I think. It might have been better if the bottom of the glass were visible, and placing the glass to one side with something to offset it might help too. Not bad though. I think I'll give it an 8.
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