Christmas Cactus
by Bitz

Comment:
Nice DOF but the stamens aren't quite sharp enough.

All work and no play
by brianeden

Comment:
OK, skipping over the obvious comment that this isn't macro (and isn't particularly close up either) I'm not sure the lighting works. LHS of picture is a lot darker but not so dark that it looks intentional. Background is distracting and would be better more out of focus.

CLose to the Shuttle
by bondrock

Comment:
I know that "close up" is relative but I don't really think you can argue this fits the challenge.
As a picture it's OK - I'd have left the top of the white mast in shot.

My lens is bigger than YOUR lens!
by arbcqueen

Comment:
Background is very distracting and it's hard to see what's going on here.

Clips
by peri

Comment:
Focusing doesn't quite work here. The clip on the AltGR key is fairly sharp but the rest aren't and it makes the picture look disorganised. The points of interest for the eye are (1) the brightest part (which isn't in focus) and (2) the point of sharp focus (which is in a very odd place). Background is also confusing - whay a laptop?

1 or 10.000 feet?
by jonr

Comment:
Clever. Very dark though - needs about a stop more exposure.

hongo 6
by hum

Comment:
Slightly overexposed. Like the framing.

Acoustic Texture
by Hendrik

Comment:
Did you try rotating this 180?

Old Dirty Blues
by Alemmsan

Comment:
Love the shallow DOF.

Delectable Droplets
by jaid

Comment:
Really nice capture. Newspaper is slightly distracting - I'd have cropped it. Hotspot on the glass draws the eye away from the real action.