Ends
by leaf

Comment:
but you have more or less the whole banana in frame, though I admit only part in focus.... yes I'm being anal - sorry.

good shot, 6

"With Talons Wrought Of Steel, I Tore The Heart Of Doom"
by Mark of SRQ

Comment:
Needs to be sharper, feels 'soft'. Did you put it through 'Unsharp Mask' ?

Rays of night
by tkalect

Comment:
superb photo, just not easily able to make it fit with 'part'.

Chop Chop
by giega

Comment:
terribly distracting background

Architectural parts
by Pepette

Comment:
might have been better without the distracting corbel in the lop left

Full Flush
by Artan

Comment:
Well, I gave it a 4 I think, simply because I couln't link it to the theme 'touch'. Remember that when folks are judging and voting they are going to spend a maximum of 30 seconds on each image. If the theme doesn't hit them in the face they are not going to hang around looking for it.

As you get to know DPCers a little you will also find that certain types of images always do badly.

1. Obvious 'snaps'
2. Children, especially photographers own children
3. Cats and other pets
4. Flowers
5. Bugs

OK there are exceptions, where an image in one of these categories is so outstanding it ribbons (see touch challenge),

I think your image does not have enough about the theme of 'touch' and its not an absolutely stunning and different image of a flower. Therefore I suspect you will have been beaten up for two reasons = the low score.

Hope that helps

Dessert at the 'Play-on' Restaurant of Love
by DianaB

Comment:
Wouldn't want to eat there if thats the size of the portions ;-)

Oils
by cwyou

Comment:
The backdrop is really distracting with all those wrinkles and creases, need to movw the backdrop away from the subject out of the dof

Fishheads, yummie ;-)
by Gauti

Comment:
Need to do something about the background in order to make your subject stand out a little more

Princess Castle Cake!
by reevey

Comment:
Nice, just one small thing ... watch the backgrounds, this is just on the edge of being distracting with the yellow banana. Simply moving them would help this image a lot