Ensalada de fruta
by photom

Comment:
This may have been better with just the kiwi slices. The strawberry is just kind of sitting there detracting from the simple composition. I gave this a four.

Magnolia
by michael_p

Comment:
That pink, thin border within the image plane is really distracting. The image itself is rather poor in terms of technical quality. The bud is very overexposed, washing out all the details that make close-ups of flowers beautiful; the texture of the petals (you need to almost be able to 'feel' the silkiness of the petals), the translucent color from light shining through the petals, the subtle variations in color (in this case from deep pink to nearly white), and the separateness of the individual petals in relation to the overal form of the flower. In this instance, the bud is so overexposed that the petals blend into each other nearly invisibly creating a blob of white, losing all the qualities I just mentioned.
In terms of composition, you need to get much closer to such a small, delicate flower, isolating it from a visually overwhelming background. The overexposure was likely due to your camera's meter adjusting for the dark background rather than the pale bud. Tighter framing will help in this case also. If your camera allows for manual shutter speed or aperature settings, you can try using a large aperature with a fast shutter speed (the large aperature to create shallow depth of field, the fast shutter speed to make up for the extra light that the larger aperature will let in).

A New Look for Piggy
by scalvert

Comment:
I gave this a four. The pig sculpture is whimsical enough without the hat, which reduces it to 'cutesy pie-ness" (a matter of taste, I know). In terms of technical details, the framing is good and keeps the subject simple. The depth of field needs to be shallower to blur the background which is very busy looking in terms of texture. The pig is a bit overexposed. The textural details of the concrete are quite washed out except for the part of it that received less sunlight. The lighting has an overall harsh quality.

A New Perspective
by jjbeguin

Comment:
I gave this a four. The scenery beyond the bars of the window is nice but those bars really aren't working hard as a visual element. For one thing, the main vertical bars have very distracting reflections. The roof also creates a very large, very distracting reflection. The simple monochromatic color scheme, one thing this shot had going for it, is interrupted by the section of rusty roof supports in the top left corner.

Sleepy Nursery
by trying2bstill

Comment:
I like the light shining through the trees and on the pavilion but I gave this a four because the rest just doesn't add up to much. I'm referring to the boring sidewalk, the fence with the its blah brick column and the equally blah stacks of concrete pavers. One stack of pavers that is particulalry well lit draws the eye straight to the truck in the background. A suggestion would be to try again with a vertical format so that you put the interest where it is supposed to be -- on your subject.

When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go
by frychikn

Comment:
I get that this is a place you've never taken photos, etc, but you could have put a bit more thought and care into the composition. This looks like you stood over the toilet and snapped. It's very tilted ,for one thing, and there is zero visual interest. I believe any subject has potential to be a good photo but this isn't showing us a toilet in a new way. We've all seen this view of the loo. I gave it a four.

Captain, there be whales...
by sixmacs

Comment:
I like the whales in terms of topical interest, color, and shape. However, by placing them in this visually distracting environment you've reduced them to just one more aspect of the clutter. Better to have isolated them against a simple background. This looks like it was taken in the office of an antique dealer or eBay seller (from one who knows ;D). I gave it a four.

G4
by movieman

Comment:
The thought that comes to mind when looking at this photo is,"How desperate do you have to be for subject matter before you turn to something as dull as this?" Technically, I guess it's not too bad a shot but it is very very boring in terms of color, texture, tonal contrast, and topical interest (I like my Macs too but, jeesh!) You could have possibly added interest to this by framing the Apple log in one of the lower corners rather than at the center edge. I gave this a three.

Underwater
by GeneralE

Comment:
I gave this a three for major technical problems. I'm not sure if you actually took this under water (with your camera in a plastic bag, maybe?) or just through glass. At any rate, it is really blurry and uninteresting. Three-fourths of the frame are taken up with fuzzy neutral color and absolutely no detail to speak of. The top fourth of the frame has a bit more variation in terms of texture and color but it is still too blurry to be of any real visual interest (beyond trying to figure out what it is.

Early Morning Dew Drops
by Konador

Comment:
Really great shot. Good mood, nice capture of the beads of water. I gave it a six because I think it could benefit from much tighter cropping.