St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet

momad30044 has volunteered their WPC 1428 - Water Drop entry to the Photo Critique Forum* to find out what could have done to make it better. Be nice, but be honest as this will help everyone with their craft. Thank you momad30044 and thank you everyone!

From WPC 1428 - Water Drop RESULTS http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/photo_contest_ratings.jsp?pcnum=126

* If you are new to the Photo Critique Forum please read the Section Rules http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-159520-1.html

Straight from the kitchen sink

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

You did a wonderful job of capturing the water drop. I think it didn't score higher was because your competition had a little more creativity going with the refractions and the composition.

Nightski

Wow! I truly don't know what could be better about it. Great job of stopping that drop dead in the air. Drop well separated from the background, the colors are golden and amazing and unique, and your lighting is fabulous ... I'm going to call that little white spec on the drop a catchlight .. :-D

Working with water and light is difficult ... you have done an amazing job of it. Thanks for sharing it in the Critique Section.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

If you examine the images which got higher ratings than yours you will notice two basic differences between your photo and them. First is the lighting. This type of photography requires very controlled lighting, preferably from a large soft source which does not create unwanted reflections. Your water drop has about a dozen bright reflections which contribute nothing to the image. Secondly is composition. Note most of the best images have quite simple backgrounds that are either a deliberate part of the story or are flat and not distracting. The portion of your image below the drop contains multiple elements which are confusing and distracting.

momad30044

Oh, thank you! This means so much to me!

Debbie