At the Holiday Inn (Yes, he's there!)
by Elaine

Comment:
By the chairs below the large tree in the bottom centre of the image?

The image could be sharper.

The End
by escapetooz

Comment:
I like the uncomfortable perspective.

All Alone
by colorcarnival

Comment:
Challenge details: Hide a person in your otherwise person-less photo. You have not met the challenge with this image

common-Blue-Damselfly.jpg
by Falc

Comment:
Awesome macro. You have captured so much detail here.

Pure Fuzz
by Beautiful-Joe

Comment:
I think the main reason you got nailed is that this image doesn't meet the challenge, it doesn't say pure to me. People also tend to like their macros to be razor sharp. Instead of driving up the ISO you could try opening the aperture all the way (if possible, I'm not familiar with your camera). ISO 1600 seems a bit overkill if you were shooting in good sunlight (again I don't know the conditions this was taken in), I'm thinking the camera decided to close the aperture rather than increase the shutter speed. You could maybe try to use 'sports mode', that might favour higher shutter speeds. The burnt highlights in the background are also not helping this image, next time try a higher angle to get the sky out of the frame. Overall a good macro capture.

Alien Mountain at Sunrise
by challengedp

Comment:
Looks like a leaf to me. You should have gone for a smaller fstop to try the whole frame in sharp focus, I don't like how the right side is blurred.

Chocolate
by JamesKW

Comment:
Looks like a feather.

Later
by Cutter

Comment:
Great black and white tones. Awesome lighting, I like how she fades into the background. Image looks heavily neat imaged, but it just seems to work for this shot, giving the image a soft delicate feel.

Oakley, Thermonuclear Protection, Day 26
by jackal9

Comment:
I like the water tower reflection. Great focus and tones.

Day 23
by dreamy

Comment:
This is a fantastic portrait, it being a self-portrait only makes it better. The lighting and focus is perfect. The diagonal created by the angle of your face makes the composition more dynamic.