If this is how your photos look straight out of the camera, I suggest you have a look at the settings and the manual.

smart move

Spiders really are amazing looking things, when you get up close, must try it.

That is looking better, but still a little too green, if you go to My profile, and look at my albums, I have uploaded some screen shots on how to improve the colour cast using curves.
The photos are in the wrong order, but numbered 1.2.3
good luck

Go to;
My Stuff
my contest entries
find this entry and click on ;
edit entry
Then just enter the line in the description box, no need to upload the entry again, even though you can't see it in the upload box.

I'm not trying to be difficult, but some people get finicky, if all the guidelines aren't followed.
Good Luck

Great image, but a little flat, looks underexposed. A fill flash would have been great here, but I imagine that you can't reshoot.
One thing you can try, if you have Photoshop, is to increase the contrast using Unsharp Mask.
Put the RADIUS up to Max 250, and reduce the amount to between 30-50%

"mention in your description which line(s) you are using."
I know it's in your title, but please put it in the description too.

Yummy

Try lightening it a little and warm up, eg. increase reds, at present it does not look like something I would like to eat.

It might be a good idea to increase contrast and saturation in this image.

Interesting treatment, I don't think the desaturation does anything for this image.

Beautiful, could almost make me wish for snow.

I have a little image saying, "wrong image, hold votes", that I upload in cases like this. It gives me a chance to re-shoot or find an other image, without having my image removed or attracting really low votes.
Mind you you will be surprised how many people will vote on the sign. Good Luck

Good luck, Photoshop is a lot of fun, and SOOO much to learn.

Nice set-up but too light. The highlights are blown, look at the leaves, and the chocolate and strawberries look a little flat. I'm sure you have eaten them by now, see what you can do. Good Luck

Wonderful light, set-up and DOF. Great photograph.

Aren't they a little light for coffee beans?

I love the misty mountains, personally I would crop the image a little below the road, which will give more emphasis to them.

I like the warm tones, but they might be a little overdone, so even the print on the can has lost it's white.

What a strange looking creature, where did you find it?

interesting looking spider

Beautiful, great DOF

Nice image, but a little flat, try using curves if you have Photoshop

well done

seems like you missed the focus on the nail and got the moss instead, have you got more shots, or can you re-shoot?

Nicely done

I love how you have turned the image upside down, and the focus on the right nail, just wish it has included the left one.

Congratulations on 2nd place, so different from anything else I have seen from you.

Congratulations on 1st place, great shot, and so different from all the rest.

Congratulations on 2nd place, such a different mood from 1st place winner, both amazing photos.

Congratulations on first place, difficult to compete against.

Congratulations on 1st place, stunning image. You have had some great photos lately.

Congratulations on 1st place, this was a winner right from the start.

Congratulations on 2nd and 3rd place, lovely photographs.

Congratulations on 1st Place, it's a beautiful photograph.

Congratulations on 1st place, well deserved.

I think this one is really beautiful, a wonderful red wall, and the very white discarded bottle. good luck

Much better

Very different, well spotted

I really like this one,not easy to make a nail look good.

Amazing colour

love her goggles

sweet

It's amazing, that none of them appears to be broken.

The warm colours makes it almost too pretty, a little darker and more contrast, would be better, IMO

I rather like the B/W, makes it look very discarded.

great take on the theme.

Love the contrast between the warm colours at the front to the cool ones in the distance.

This would be amazing with HDR, if you can't reshoot, you can get HDR feel from one image.

I love this, try to increase the contrast a little, that will really make it pop.