Ahoy There!
by BlackNewfs

Comment:
I think the hat was casting some yellow color on your white background. Playing with Selective Color and Curves helps to eliminate the yellow cast. Once you've eliminated that, you can boost the yellow back up in Hue/Saturation. Add back in the Contrast via Brightness/Contrast, and you're good to go.

I do have to say something about the fishing net. While it's a very cute idea, you have to be careful of the perception of fish net on skin, especially where the net is hitting the leg on this kid-o. Before I recognized that it was an actual fish net, I had a quick thought of "why is this baby wearing fish-nets??"

Also, careful to not cut off cute baby hands! =)

Push Pin
by littlegett

Comment:
Nice experiment, but not so nice entry into a photo contest. There's nothing terribly interesting here. I've seen shots of push pins that were interesting, but this is pretty much a straight forward shot of a push pin with a tight DOF.

The colors and focus are nice, though!

Move It or Lose It
by jasonlprice

Comment:
Love the DOF and colors. Very powerful image.

Those are some very interesting markings on the cat. Almost looks like a flame above the one eye.

Released
by jonlarson88

Comment:
There's a great mood going on here, but the building at across from the exit distracts from the man. There's probably not much you could have done about it in basic other than try to blow the whites out there.

Hammersmith
by jorundtm

Comment:
You'll probably get some "snapshot" comments with this shot. This could use some stronger saturation to bring out the yellows, reds, and maybe some blue from the sky. The whites could use a bit of a Curve boost also.

A Single Red Rose
by Ter

Comment:
I'm not sold on the harsh flash/light for this photo.

I've seen some harsh sun, but if I had to guess, I'd say that this is a flash. I'm still learning about flashes, so I don't know exactly how you could have made this better. With the delicate pastel flowers I would say you usually would want a softer light. Natural light is great for these types of shots with maybe a soft bounced fill flash.

Row Home Detail
by cstein96

Comment:
The colors are nice and pleasant to the eye, but there's nothing terribly interesting about the photo to me. This is not to say that it's not a nice photo, but it just doesn't draw any emotional attachment for me.

Pluto the cat watching me leave
by Pompouspete

Comment:
Often times centered composition begs for a square crop, and I think this is one of those cases. I think the image would have a lot more power as a square crop. As it is right now the green beams take away from the adorable cat.

When you have horizontal lines like that, most people will expect them to be straight. Your cat's eyes appear to be level, so the more you can minimize the green bars, the better it will be.

This Time You Will Not Escape !!!
by bialas88

Comment:
Ahh!

A more interesting background would help this photo significantly. If you're going to have your background in focus it needs to somehow support the image's message.

Speaking of message.. what does the shirt say? A t-shirt that the viewer can't clearly read is distracting.

I assume this is a self portrait and that's why one hand is out of focus. It looks like it was a bit too close to the lens. Gotta love the distortion though, heh.

Against a blue screen
by HighNooner

Comment:
I love the complimenting colors and how they're layered. I wish I could see more of what she were doing. I associate that position with cell phone texting, heh.

I think the photo as a whole is just a tad over-sharpened. I'd imagine you were trying to get the subject sharper, but with the limitations of Basic, you couldn't just single her out. The smaller rocks along the shore look a bit busy and pixelated with the sharpening. It might also be caused by the compression to JPG.

The centered composition certainly works for this photo.