Great capture of a "common" subject. The colors of the seed are truly rich, I'd never noticed that...Good job!

How awesome, since most cactus don't seed very often. Lovely, detailed focus!

How quaint! I bet it looks better at night...

Why are your fingers "Koolade Pink" holding the name tag? Cute photo, but those fingers steal the visual attention. What, the cats wouldn't just let you lean it on one of them? There's a website, "stuff on my cat," of household items placed on cats...Looks like your two wouldn't make it without help...lol!

You could crop at least half of that dark, empty, "mood" space on the sides, and not lose anything, since the feet are your focal point...

Nice work, but he's missing the back of his shirt collar!

Much better!

Beautiful textures of the wood and the seeds.

Is that Kim Kardashian?
Nice photo!

Great texture overlay, but the lighting doesn't match the background...

Oh, we "get" it (it's not THAT complex a concept)...
It's just that it's unimpressive and visually off-putting, since the desaturated background with the overly high contrast highs and lows look jarring and technically lacking with the source photo jammed into the image.

The cap is too angular, and looks more like a lipstick case than the top of the lighter. Other than that, you've done a very good job of colorization and artifact removal, the brass looks good.

The drop shadow, combined with the weird background, make it look like a cardboard cutout placed in front of another piece of cardboard. There is no depth to the image.

But when the tires just look like black shapes, you've then overdone it...
The undercarriage light is a nice touch, but the tires are still just black shadows.

There is a bit of shadow on the RH side towards the back, that does not work with shape of the building. Also, the shadow in the center is not as dark as the rest of the shadows in the image. Shadow does not get lighter.

Just pretend you're Nicholas Cage...lol!

Nice work!

Very nice work, it makes a cool postcard!

Ow!!!

The plaid pants are a nice touch, but a bit too blurry for the rest of the image, and the zebra's hooves aren't really on the handle of the carriage to give impetus to the tilt, but it's a great image nonetheless!

The contrast is a bit too dark, I can barely make out the cottage.

Great capture, good composition!

Very nice lighting, you can see everything!

There are some "smudgy" dark artifacts along the inner eyelid edges that are slightly detracting, especially along the top, but this is a very original idea, I especially light the subtle bird reflection in the eye.

The shadow values on the left of the woman are a bit too dark, but I really like the subject contrast.

Nice composition, I just wish the focus was more even from top to bottom.

It's certainly novel!

Interesting concept, but the lighting is all over the place. The moon and planes are lit from above, the bubbles are lit from the right, and the girl is lit from the lower left left with a weird back lighting to complete the confusion...This would look more cohesive it you'd pick one lighting direction and be consistent with it.

The shadows overall are still too dark, and the sun on the left is too bright, with the values blown out (notice the white glow behind the buildings). I'd crop the sun and the curved portion of the wall on left, and then adjust the levels of the image to make it more "readable," instead of so dark, but that's just me.

Hi-res would have been nice, this is too small to make out much.
What are the square things? Stone markers, or wood posts along a path, or ???
The picture leans down to the left. I'd level it out a bit.

Too close to the path to see the park...

The "Sand in a bottle" label is blurry and hard to read. I wouldn't use a drop shadow with text.

Great contrast with the lighting!

Where was this taken? I've never seen a tree like that!
Was it an overcast day? The sky is very pale, perhaps it needs a bit of adjustment.

Covered bridges are disappearing more and more, hopefully it will be rebuilt as it was originally constructed, and not a more modern replacement.

It's terribly dark, the monument is hard to make out.

Excellent drawing, great facial expression!

Thank you for the story behind the photo. It adds to the enjoyment of looking at the picture!

This would be nicer if Mandy were the same size (or at least closer) in both photos.

The table decor reminds me of those "naked sushi girl" images, in a really creepy way. Great contrast in mood!

Talk about current and timely photos! VERY dramatic contrast.

She looks to be floating on air. Great entry, fits the contest description well!

Beautiful colors and resolution!

The light from the oven adds just the right "finishing touch" to this photo. Well done.

Nice label, but the lighting is off. The bottle shows lighting from the left, while the label is lit from the center. Other than that, this is very well done.

Too heavy an adjustment, when the walkpath is such a saturated blue...

I think this would have been nicer in color, because the shadows and sunlight take away from the branch contrasts, but that's just me.

I don't see anything dwelling above, not even a nest...

The ducks are very fuzzy and white around the edges, but the background is lovely.

The background looks very odd and low contrast. Did you make adjustments to the photo? I think it would have been better blurred, than grayed out and flat.