White
by Rino63

Comment:
Awesome lighting and DOF. Sharpness is very good, and the colours are fabulous. Nice shot.

Sidewalk
by love

Comment:
Not interesting enough. Even though it's minimalist and abstract, there still has to be something to make the viewer want to look at it.

Redbird in Winter
by mpreslar

Comment:
I like the spot of red amongst the subdued colours, but I think overall th branches on the right are a bit too distracting.

On the edge..
by bnilesh

Comment:
The lighting is not great. Sky is completely blown out with a bit of lens flare, and all of the texture of the rocks is lost in the shadows. Composition could have been simplified too, by leaving out the left third of the image.

Tribute to Comet McNaught
by Lozza

Comment:
Clever. Handled the lighting very well. Very well executed.

This is Just Nuts
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Not quite stylised enough to pull of the 'small object on a white background' shot well enough. Maybe a very shallow DOF, or more dramatic contrast lighting would have made it stick out a bit more.
Also, it would have helped if the white balance had been set to make the background more white, I think.

Lost in the Shadows
by Ubersteiny

Comment:
I love the minimalism in this one. The lighting control was excellent, and the composition is perfect. Very well done.

red hot
by bood

Comment:
Nice shot. I like the way the bright red chilli jumps out at you from that dark backround. The highlights on the chilli are perhaps a bit harsh, but overall the lighting is good. Composition is not quite perfect - the smoke seems to be bunched up in the corner (but I can imagine how hard it must have been to capture it perfectly). Good work.

...and they all fall down.
by chimericvisions

Comment:
A very neat shot. But I think it could have been made more interesting by making the lighting on the bullets a bit more dramatic (maybe more highlights, or more shadow - to add a bit of depth). Also, I wonder if correcting the white balance so that the background was pure white rather than cream might have made the subject jump out a bit more?

Chess Match with timing
by whiterook

Comment:
I'm not quite sure about the minimalism aspect, but regardless of that, the composition is poor and the lighting is quite bad.