Very nice colors and contrast with the background. The background is almost scary-intense, but it brings my eye back to the rooster, thanks to the sharp color contrast. The rooster looks a little out of focus or oversharpened at the same time, but not too serious. Overall, this is a good entry in my opinion.
I like this one. Sharp forground with some vibrate colors, against the OOF background with more subdued colors. Good image that meets the challenge definiation. <7>
This is almost comic, and the background fails to be monotonous (which is good, what with all the plain color entries). Color contrast is nice, and the rooster is so sharp and colorful that it actually looks almost like a plastic model. That actually hurts the image a little -- it doesn't look real. Otherwise, the image is excellent.