Reading at night
by j3zz

Comment:
The massive saturation of red into all elements of this shot hurts it significantly, and it doesn't help that the odd color and sudden drop in intensity draw the eyes somewhat to the trees, which seem out of focus. This is probably from focusing on the lights, and then using too low an aperture. If this was tripod-based and there was no wind, you might have tried shooting at f/11 or even f/22 to see if you could get the entire scene. I think you were going for drama with all the red, but it doesn't really work for me.

Night Falls
by beamsclan

Comment:
Pretty, but although I have no doubt that you took this at night, it doesn't really evoke any sense of nighttime, I think partly because the conversion to black and white conceals it. Leaving this shot in color might have helped.

I like how the falls are slightly off-center.

Lake City
by fluxn

Comment:
Pretty. The leaves make a very nice contrast against the sky. My only complaint is that the lights glare a bit, but there is probably no way to have gotten around that with basic editing.

Waiting for the Children
by msdoubletrouble

Comment:
Interesting colors, but the scene seems slightly out of focus, the highlights on the left of the structure are blown and glare distractingly, and that lone red light also seems randomy misplaced. Having the tree cut off the shot like that also doesn't help. If you'd shot from a few feet to the right, exposed half a stop less, and then sharpened, that would have helped immensely.

Waiting for our owners...
by hvellur

Comment:
The scene seems weighted a bit heavily to the left, and the yellow glow doesn't really seem to fit the scene, though I suspect it may have really looked that way.

Hidden
by Mr_Pants

Comment:
Hidden is not so good in a minimalism challenge, where the eye should be naturally drawn to the subject. That's kind of the point of minimalism.

sunset sail
by echo68ph

Comment:
Bizarre, surreal colors, noisy background, and slightly out of focus image. Try using Noise Ninja or some equivalent to clear up the background, and hue adjustment if the shot actually came out this way normally.

Mug
by love

Comment:
The bright white of the table is a little harsh on the eyes, but the overall effect of white and black probably couldn't be done without that happening. Nice concept. Something bothers me about the framing, but I'm not quite sure what, like the cup should either be closer to one side or at the center, but I can't say exactly why.

In the red
by liquidpride

Comment:
A nice concept, and the eye is naturally drawn to it.

The Final Piece of ...
by GeneralE

Comment:
A very nice idea, but not enough draws the eye to the final piece, other than the title. I would have suggested shooting from one side, going for a very narrow depth of field, to bring that piece into sharper focus, and the rest of the puzzle blurring out. Also, the left side seems a bit too bright, and glares somewhat.