Circle
by amichail

Comment:
There are several basic things wrong with this photo: overexposed CD's, dusty background, out of focus pencils.
A soft light from front right and front left would help reduce the shadows. the composition is somewhat unimaginative - what story are you trying to portray with these 4 subjects? they don't seem well related. Good effort on the shot position, though - having the perspective into the table is good for abstracts, and would work well with 4 very similar objects.

The Circle of Life - Share the Bounty
by Grandmom

Comment:
There's an awful lot of brown circles in there!

Just kidding - this is great composition and lighting. There's a slight grain in the blue rim, and a couple of glitches from size reduction, which are very jarring once you spot them. Oh well. mid third vote.

Conjoined
by CorySmith

Comment:
This is a strong photo, with good group composition. This needs backlighting to remove the shadows, or using a flash diffuser, or bouncing the flash off the ceiling. I would possibly have swapped the youngest lad with the eldest lad to reduce the difference between the eldest lad & the young girl, and reduce distraction from the father's face. The girl's head also blends in with the grandfathers chin, which is never a good thing, so either getting him to stand on a book or moving her slightly to her right would help.

That sea of shallow faces
by strangeghost

Comment:
Great colours! Nicely illiuminated, too.

The Ring and the Teacup
by 3amfromkyoto

Comment:
Interesting shot! Shame there's a reflection of the light in the teacup - this is trying it's best to invert on me at the moment, and make itself pop out of the screen!

Candy Necklace
by basia03

Comment:
Having more candy on the necklace in a circular arc would make this a stronger challenge entry. Ask yourself objectively - what is the main subject of this photo?

Technically, the candy is slightly blurred, and has a lot of highlighting from the flash.

Circle of Time
by renonovado

Comment:
Nice circles, but even nicer curves in the background! Not quite sure on the tilt of the clock - it's slightly offputting.

Garden Path
by mkcats

Comment:
The brick structure in the top right is distracting, not least because it has the sunlight on it whilst the rest of the photo doesn't - cropping this back and changing the colours and levels would help. Shooting at a different time of day would also change the colours.

I'm a great fan of texture without distraction, so going right into the centre of the flagstones with more interesting lighting would have scored very highly for me, but that is purely subjective, and should in no way influence your decisions on your photos.

Fantasy Circles
by ninja

Comment:
nice! The highlights are slightly overblown, but hey, its better than having only red and black in the picture...

Spirituality
by Simonkasprzak

Comment:
Nice photo, but where's the fully geometric circles? :p
I don't think the extra large border really supports this photo.