Visionary
by Zoomdak

Comment:
I don't get how freedom is represented by a close-up of an eye.

Photographically,it is okay, althugh I've seen a lot of eye close-ups on DPC in the past three months. It is interesting that the background echose the color of the eye.

Free as a BIRD
by maurice1

Comment:
The bird is a bit too blurry and dark to be much of a focal point.

Free Wheeling
by admart01

Comment:
This is kind of dull subject matter. The surroundings are nice but not particulalry inspirational. The scene is a bit contrasty.

Everything has a cost.....Even Freedom!
by dixonp1

Comment:
This would make more sense if the headstone showed a soldier who died in a war. I'm not saying thi man did not make sacrifices but the title and photograph imply the cost of freedom is sometimes death and this man obviously lived quite a long time after serving in those wars.

Photographically, it is a nice documentary photo of the cemetary.

New Watermelon Flavor
by Cam

Comment:
Nice idea. It is quite a bit overexposed. I suggest next time you need to shoot something outdoors like this, you bring along something to diffuse the light a bit (a white umbrella, a sheer white curtain, something along those lines). The cropping is a bit tight at the bottom. There should be a little space in front of the product. Also, the bottle is tilted quite a bit. Nice effort.

Water Power Good for the Nature
by Mona

Comment:
In terms of your 'ad copy', I think there is an ESL difficulty. That kind of ruins the advertisement qualityt of this photo, which didn't have much to begin with.

Photographically, it is a bit high contrast. There are very few middle values.

Outdoor Type
by MAK

Comment:
The selective desaturation ruins the outdoor feeling since we can't see the green grass. Weird choice for this. The product is prominently displayed but in a pretty boring way. The cropping at the lower edge is too close. It looks like the laptop is falling off the edge of the frame.

The Source of Our HONEY..!
by ridvanerkan

Comment:
As the text referring to the clover (one source of honey) or the bee (the only source of honey I know of)? This doesn't really say 'advertisement' to me since there is no actual product being displayed. In a real ad I would expect to see the honey. This photo says to me, the participant couldn't think of anything better and entered a bee/flower photo instead.

Kodak EasyShare DX6340
by BooZon

Comment:
I don't understand the transparent area over the lens. Is that a lens cover or is it a blurred effect showing the lens zooming? I don't know enough about the product to tell. The lighting is good and the product is prominently, if rather uninterestingly, displayed.

So Fresh & So Clean
by timganier

Comment:
It looks like you set this up in front of your dishwasher or some other big appliance. Not a great choice for a background. I don't understand the choice to show two boxes. The box on the left is just more business in an already busy composition. A single (REAL) flower, the suds, soap, and one box would have been much more effective. The swans and silk flower arrangement are just kind of cheesy looking. After viewing it for awhile, a finally get that the background I'm seeing is the bathroom tile and the lower edge of a mirror. I was seeing the mirror as a chrome handle on an appliance.

Next time, create a still-life on a table against a simple background (matte white paper or poster board) with only the product and one or two other items (like flowers, petals, etc.).