The Raspberry & The Watermelon
by MarkB

Comment:
Can't wait to see how you did this. Excellent work!

Brick
by norcalsnoe

Comment:
This meets the challenge very well. I can "feel" the texture of the brick. Very well done. That being said, a bit deeper DOF would have made it even better IMO. Good luck.

Me and Silky
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
I like photos that carry an emotional payload and this one certainly does. I worry that the subject may make a lot of people pretty uncomfortable and that it will not score well as a result. But in my view, it's well done. Meets the challenge. And deserves a good score. Best of luck.

Rain Forest
by lyta

Comment:
Great focus on the water and the leaf refracted through it. Not very much emphasis on texture though.

French Grapes
by wireless60

Comment:
There are parts of this photo I love surrounded by distractions. Suggest a tighter crop including the grapes and the vine but losing most of the top and bottom third of the photo. It will focus on the very best parts of the photo.

Wash Away
by bs-photos

Comment:
I suspect this is a terrific image, but its small size makes it hard to appreciate. Try to use all 640 pixels in your submissions.

Veggie Fractal
by bvoi

Comment:
I would prefer to see a bigger image. Easier to see the detail.

You Said We'd Be Working for Peanuts !!
by RN Patti

Comment:
It would be a hoot if this photo were actually taken at the zoo. Good luck.

Pappa's Last Breaths
by koltrane75

Comment:
I like this very much.

That being said, you will resonate with it because of the context. It is personal to you. You have a lifetime to build context. I do not. Max, I gave this image 3.4 seconds. Unfair? Certainly!

Make it personal for me and I'll give you 30 more seconds and a better score.

Sorry to be direct. I do not mean to be hurtfull.

Black Swan
by burtct

Comment:
This is a worthy photo but diminished by the stark and (probably over processed) backgound and by the reflection. Nice commercial art and I can visualize it in an ad, but not here.