Not sure if black and white is the best choice here, if you hadn't mentioned it was Jello, It would be hard to tell.

I thought it was broken glass. Some subjects are not meant for B&W, you need color to provide contrast, especially with transparent objects, like gelatine and glass...

Nice work, never thought of doing a black and white shot, but if I didn't know what this contest was, I would need a moment to figure this out, lol.

Thank all for your input...I certainly toyed with which way to go on this one...black/white vs. color. Something about the blk/wh kept pulling at me and it won out. lol. Maybe I will post a colored version of the same photo when I set up my albums. Thanks again...it helps for my future endeavors.

Good effort and set up. Your choice of a glass plate and lighting was good and would have worked with a recognizable gelatine mold. Good try.

Lol - love it!

Well it's certainly interesting

wow ! i liked it !

Not the most appetizing title, but the description is truly funny, and it makes the photo more interesting, for sure!

You can get those at Disney during halloween! LOVE'EM!!! This is a great shot and very well thought out!

Awesome idea and presentation! However I'm very sad to know that I've been missing out on this for all these years and settling for plastic cups

A bit of advice on how to improve this though, if you could switch out your b/g for something non reflective that would help a lot. It would get rid of the reflection of the flash as well as the chromatic aberration (The blue and purple halos around the plungers). If that's not possible than moving the flash to a different angle would eliminate those problems as well. Of course that is assuming you have the ability to separate your flash from the camera.

But even with those minor flaws this is still a great image, keep up the good work

Thank you Adam!
I tried every set-up possible and honestly just figured I wouldn't enter any of the 30+ photos I took. As I was sorting thru and deleting them I tried some adjustments just to see what I had, this was the best one of the bunch and I figured that although not great it was decent enough to submit. The glare does drive me crazy though!! I can't remove my flash I even tried some outside shots so I wouldn't need the flash but they weren't any better.
Again, thank you so much for the advise. I will definitely take all your points into consideration next time.

Perhaps a polarizing filter to help with the glare? (Don't trust me, though, I suck at taking photos!)

I LOVE the weird, "toxic" look to this. Definitely an eye catcher, and thanks for the tip about the syringes - Great improvement over the plastic cups!

I haven't lived!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am sending every PXL person on here that has NOT tried using a syringe for a shooter a plane ticket to Florida so we can have a syrings shooter party!!! YA'LL ARE DISAPPOINTIN ME! (hehehe) BUT after that party you will have had a GREAT experience! The idea is to have one person taking the shot and another one giving it. MUCH FUN TO BE HAD WITH THEM THINGS!

Sounds like a plan Amanda!!!!