Black Rice Paella with Black Mussels and Black Olives
by flip89

Comment:
Presentable. A good choice of foods and they look yummy. Hope you don't mind if I say some things about the picture. The two light sources are competing. You have created two sets of shadows. Maybe if one of them had been diffused you wouldn't have that problem. While the arrangement of the food on the plate is attractive, the picture itself lacks interest, I know because I have been told this lots of times. The green touch is nice but doesn't add enough pizzaz. Don't be afraid to get up close and let some of the image get oof. Food is one of the hardest things to photograph and this is a good attempt.

Hands of Sorrow...
by theodor38

Comment:
The texture is spectacular. The reduction of the dynamic range makes this look edgy and tense, which is very good. I don't know if I personally like the composition. The angle makes the fingers look short whereas if they were coming towards me they would look long as in "a long road of suffering". Ah well, that's just my opinion. It's still an awesome photo.

The Rose
by Marjo

Comment:
Nice composition. Looks like s/he has nice eyes. I'd like to see them. Fantastic that the rose isn't in shreads. It would have taken no time at all for my cat to destroy the it!

chocolate
by falvey

Comment:
I love dark chocolate. The colors seem to be off. I think if the chocolate had covered the whole frame, without the background showing thru, it would have looked yummy.

Shower shoes
by caba

Comment:
Good light control, excellent dof but a little soft, good composition. The only thing that might be improved is the darkness at the front. It would be good as a product shot but lacks pizazz.

tarpaulin
by undieyatch

Comment:
Nice. Not even a mid gray. You are a brave soul. Not too exciting but technically superb.

Black hole thoughts
by dasser

Comment:
Very well done.

Jewelers
by oksamit

Comment:
Why is the center text all blurry? It's on the same focal plane, isn't it? That's really too bad because this is such a well composed picture.

Coal made once the world go 'round
by Harz_Joerg

Comment:
I'm not a big fan of neat image but on this one it improved the luminosity(?) so that's a plus, but it left smudgy areas (the right side of the hand and his fingers mostly) so that's a minus. I like the composition and the fact that the hand is covered with the coal dust and it's even under the nails. That makes it more real. I think I would like this more if the noise had been left in or even increased. 7

Black Swan
by qnjt

Comment:
Pretty bird. I know you've heard this by now, but the focus is off. Sorry.