Earth
by om10

Comment:
Wow. Now that's some severe color manipulation. The effect is very striking, however. I wish the stem had been a little sharper, but the overall effect isn't bad. Bright white backgrounds hurt my eyes, however, and cost you a personal point.

Base: 5
Technical: +0
Interest: +2
Emotion: +0
Bias: -1

Total: 6

Tug o' War
by Strikeslip

Comment:
I'm not sure what that thing is, but the expression is amusing. The colors seem very badly off, there's fringing at the edges of contours, and some kind of grass appears to have floated up in front of the image, which is very distracting. The focus also appears to be in an odd place (the fur on the head, and the aperture isn't small enough to carry it forward to the apple and hands.

Base: 5
Technical: -2
Interest: +1
Emotion: +0
Bias: +0

Total: 4

Temptation
by shabbychic

Comment:
I'm a sucker for a good literary allusion. Image seems very slightly soft, perhaps from resizing (it helps to very slightly resharpen after the resize).

Base: 5
Technical: +0
Interest: +2
Emotion: +0
Bias: +0

Total: 7

The naughty profesor
by Ennil

Comment:
The image is soft, the background is a harsh white that hurts my eyes, the title misspelled, and the placement of random sex appeal triggers my cynical nature and loses my interest. The pins in the apple are distracting.

Base: 5
Technical: -1
Interest: -1
Emotion: +0
Bias: -1

Total: 2

Sweet Smothered Candy Apple
by RickH

Comment:
You get a point of interest for having a picture without an apple actually visible where the apple is sufficiently implied that there's no question it meets the challenge. Interesting textures, and you're making me crave sweets. Picture isn't quite as sharp as I would have liked, but is (barely) passable.

Base: 5
Technical: +0
Interest: +2
Emotion: +0
Bias: +0

Total: 7

Ducking Apples
by Falc

Comment:
Wow. Just... wow. How long did it take you to do this? The slightly lighter reflective surface they sit on actually does look something like a smooth pond at night, and the effect is both peaceful and amusing.

Base: 5
Technical: +1
Interest: +2
Emotion: +1
Bias: +1

Total: 10

Best of challenge so far.

Green with Envy
by Allyrellia

Comment:
The cherries as children was cute, and made me smile, but the scene seems slightly out of focus, and the reflections are a little harsh. I also have a personal thing against bright white backgrounds, since they hurt my eyes. Other voters don't seem to have a problem with it, but I score down slightly shots that hurt me.

Base: 5
Technical: -1
Interest: +1
Emotion: +1
Bias: -1

Total: 5

If Humpty Dumpty thought he had problems ...
by markmulkerin

Comment:
The title makes the shot, here, turning an otherwise vaguely interesting, but somewhat out of focus shot into something that made me chuckle.

Base: 5
Technical: -1
Interest: +1
Emotion: +1
Bias: +0

Total: 6

Road Apple
by taterbug

Comment:
Colors are very strange and unrealistic on this, and the focus seems off. The basic concept of a road stretching off into the distance has scored highly here before, but holds little intrinsic interest for me, personally. The red building in the background is distracting.

Base: 5
Technical: -2
Interest: -1
Emotion: +0
Bias: +0

Total: 2

Would you like an Apple little girl?
by TheStick

Comment:
Colors are interesting, and the title makes the shot, turning it from an odd, vaguely interesting scene into something darkly disturbing. The reflected flash is harsh and seems blown (try bounce flash or a diffuser?)

Base: 5
Technical: -1
Interest: +1
Emotion: +1

Total: 6