The font seems "out of touch" with the rest of the image...

How beautiful it is at night. Very nice capture.

The left hand side, with the "ladder" that looks to be coming from the one woman's shoulders is distracting from your focal point, the dancing couple, and adds nothing to the image. You should consider cropping it to remove the distraction and redirect the focus to the subject.

The same can be said of the white object on the right. It doesn't need to be in the picture.

You should try to color correct the soldier's skin tones - they are too warm and yellow for the rest of the image.

Additionally, the lower part of the uniform is noticeably lighter than the rest of him. Making a selection of his uniform, and going to Image>Adjustments>Selective Color>Whites, and increasing the Black slider should help that.

Gordon Ramsay would complain about the spilled red-eye gravy, but other than that, this is utterly yummy looking - even though I can hear my arteries hardening just by looking at it...

The flash reflection at the bottom center is the only thing hurting this otherwise well done photograph.

Better without the text, but still too yellow, especially when compared with the other entries in this contest - It just looks unnatural and poorly lit.

Nice photo, but the hands are blurry, while the jar is in sharp focus...

This is somewhat overexposed. The skin tones are almost blown out, giving the skin texture a somewhat "graphics" look. The palm is almost the same value as the whites of the background behind it.

Edit: Much better!

I agree, it's a trade off, but looks better with the white balance of all the plates.

The lighting of the upper left hand corner and along the top is problematic because of the high light reflection on the woven area on the left, with the crop on the right at the very edge of the plate. The fork is not visible beyond the tines, so you should crop the left side over to the plate more, and reducing the woven area by about half, and bring the top down to the edge of the bananas ( ? ) to get rid of the empty space and bring the focus more onto your subject.

"Never get you tire" is odd English. "Tired," is the correct grammar. "Never get you tire," means these shoes will never help you acquire a car tire. "Never get you tired," means you will remain energetic wearing them...

Very dramatic image. Well done.

Great photo. Nice balance of negative space to the subject.

"No, you're a towel..." (South Park reference...)
Very nice job. Good, even, coloring.

Wonderful star effect of the lights, and good clarity of the water - not blurred into a "smudge." Nice job.

VERY yummy looking, the light reflection off the garnish on the very top is especially mouth watering. I agree, recipe, please!

Very nice texture, with the exception of the side view interior of the slice on the server, as Akassa has pointed out. But wonderful color and placement on the plate.

Beautiful capture, The reflection of the colored lights on the water is wonderful, and I particularly like the fact that the signage of the stadium is readable, not just a blur. Very nice!

I agree with both of the above comments, "aseptic," - [metaphorical] lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement, in particular.
This is a VERY nice photograph of a wide variety of food, showing good lighting, composition, and color. But it does not inspire any mouth watering reaction.

Sometimes, less is more. I think this would have been stronger with less dishes, and a more intimate shot of one or two, to visually inspire the taste buds, as well as the eye.

Nice arrangement of the photos.

I love how he's looking at the camera! Good shot.

The text is quite hard to read, but the overall effect is nice.

Really nice focus on the fur, the detail is good.

"...25 pictures of an item of your own choice and combine it into one 5x5 image."
An "item" would make me think it needs to be one type of thing...The contest example would seem to support that. But I'm not a mod.

Really nice, sharp photos. Great checkered base beneath them all. Lends a nice cohesiveness to the collection. Good job!

The haze in the lower right hand corner distracts from the beauty of the food and the setting. Was that the camera, or post-processing?

Nice symmetry and lighting, good color. Looks delicious!

The overall tone is a bit too yellow and dim, but a nice presentation on the plate.

Very nice montage!

It looks like he's missing the very end of his nose - I agree, I think the crop is just a bit too tight.

This is probably the Red Queen's Alice Fantasy...
Goodness knows she cried, "Off with her head!" enough times - looks like she got her wish...

Great mood, well done!

Instead of forgetting the 'W,' if you had omitted the 'L,' it would be a Holiday greeting card...
No 'L'....get it?
I crack myself up...lol!

Wonderfully meditative shot. Cute kitty!

That looks delicious! Beautiful color and lighting, excellent visual presentation. Well done!

What a beautiful face, and such an alert expression! Beautiful photo.

I think this is a lovely picture, showing beautiful interpretation of the source, without being a hyper-realistic copy. I particularly enjoy the boats along the bottom. Very well done!

LOL! Good point...

Very nice image, but the excessive noise added to the balloons hurts the fantasy and jarringly makes them separate from the rest of the landscape. If you added an an Anistropic Diffusion filter to just the balloons, it would help bring them back to being part of their surroundings.

This would be stronger if you cropped some of the bottom off, so that the hair is more dominant in the image. Love the facial expression!

The skin tones are too yellow and jaundiced, possibly due to tungsten (incandescent) lighting. A cooling filter or color adjustment would make them more natural looking.

The color tones are a bit too cool, giving the image almost a purple tone. A warming filter or color adjustment to warm it up just a bit would help immensely.

The color tones on the left turn really pink, while the right hand side looks too yellow. A Selective Color adjustment of the Magentas, increasing the yellow, while decreasing the magenta, would bring back the white balance of the shirt, tone down the bride's pink arms, and balance out the yellow glow of the flooring.

Wonderful sky, really sets off the image dramatically.

The light on the far left edge is a bit distracting from a beautiful panorama, pulling the eye over there for no good reason. I'd crop it off, along with the black section of water, to strengthen the rest of the image.

A bit too close to the wall, somewhat ruining the illusion, but still a good photo.

Love the hand positioning, as if he's giving a lecture on how to achieve good levitation. Nice job!

Great height, nice focus!

The cheese could have used a bit more variation. Since it's a solid color, with no texture, it doesn't look like melted cheese, so much as a cream surface.
You are allowed to look at photos for reference and inspiration, you know. You just need to list the source for them...

The shadows are too heavy, breaking up the ground, and making the "levitation" very hard to make out.

Great clarity. The white light near the center bottom is a bit too overexposed, and over dominant for the image, though. It would be a stronger photo if you cropped it off.