Keepin' Cool
by crabappl3

Comment:
Cute! I like the focus; the wave being slightly out of focus, but not strongly so, works especially well.

how hot *is* it?
by magnetic9999

Comment:
I like the idea, but I'd like to see the thermometer from an angle that made it easier to read, given the question the title poses (even if the actual temperature was out of the shot - it would feel more complete that way, I think).

Melting
by heida

Comment:
Is that a flower encased in ice and then melted? Or just set over ice? I'm a bit confused about the real-world setup of this photo - but the composition and the colors are lovely. I like the reflection, although the fact that it's somewhat doubled is a bit dizzying; my eyes struggle to bring the reflection clear (it almost seems like it should be), yet of course, can't, because it isn't. I like that tension, it's just a little disturbing at first glance.

Cool river fishing
by draney4

Comment:
Very pretty. I like the balance and feel of this photo, the cool greens, the rock bulking at the right. Cool, and also serene; this looks like a place I'd like to sit and just be for a while.

With 'fishing' as your topic, though, it's a pity the person is not in slightly better focus - I can make out the fishing pole, but the upper part of it only by staring and applying my imagination. I'd hate to trade off the crisp focus on the other parts of the picture for focus there, though - this is an image that would be really showy with crisp focus through the whole, rather than a shallower depth of focus, I think.

Coolin Off
by falvey

Comment:
This is a nice picture - I wish the focus were a bit crisper (it seems to have settled on the trees that bulk in the left side of the picture, rather than the rafters), but it definitely conveys the scene. Makes me wish I were there, especially after the weather today....

Warm Glow
by Sappy

Comment:
Nice - a tiny bit more shadowed than I would like, but I don't know how you could correct for that without having the flames too bright, unless you could have gotten a very dim light on the scene from above.

I'm guessing the object on the left is another candle, in a candle-holder, but I'm not completely sure - it's that detail, more than any other, that I'd like to be able to make out.

The reddish colors of this photo, and the composition, are absolutely gorgeous - I like the balancing of the 'weight' of the objects.

Melt Down
by JB707

Comment:
This is an attractive photo. The glare from the candle's flame detracts from it a bit - overwhelms that section of the photo - and I wonder if you might have been able to tone that down partly somehow. A slower exposure might well have made the lower ice cubes too dim to see as clear detail (and the amount of detail in the middle layer is really nice). Possibly partly obscuring the flame behind an ice cube would help, but it might also have made it worse - I don't know if you tried these.

At any rate, while I think that could improve it if some way could be found to do it at all, it's still a lovely photo as-is.

Icy chills down your spine
by magnus

Comment:
You have a very patient model.... :) I like the lines, and the negative space at the top, although the shadows at right and the lower left are deep enough to drain some of the detail.

Sterilizing
by Musicman

Comment:
There seems to be a lot of dead space in this photo that is just black - it's a fascinating choice, to take it in the dark, and I'd have liked to see the flames and whatever is being sterilized fill the frame more completely.

Hot day, Ice cold drink
by PaulMdx

Comment:
Nice - I like the fact the glass is sweating in particular; it underlines the heat. The sun glare is a nice effect as well, not overwhelming.