Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by pjangel:
I wish I could find something positive to say... sorry that I can't.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by 777STAN:
I guess stupid gifts DO fall FLAT! :}

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by desertoddity:
i don't like the composition. it is all very distracting to the main subject. i would not have known the main subject if it weren't in the title.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by Brad:
Imaging quality here is really low as you probably already know and have been told. Composition wise, it's way too busy.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by dulfingurl:
no clear background or focused crop/zoom makes the picture seem cluttered such that the deflated ball does not appear to be at all the subject of the pciture

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by waou85:
too much going on in the image, and the date just ruined it. Try cropping it and use natural light or lamp

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by Camabs:
In the darker days of the year, many photogs turn to artificial light, and not everyone of us has the money (or financial priority) to buy strobes or sophisticated flashes. Now, the onboard flash of the camera seems to come in handy. But they don't. Onboard flashes kill pictures: they create bleek whites and hars shadows. Your pic suffers from these features as well. There are simple, cheap and fairly effective ways to handle this, for instance by putting a tissue in front of the flash to soften and diffuse the light. Other techniques to soften or reflect light may be helpfull too.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Pixelated, poor lighting, no effort at composition, date stamp within the image.

I have to admit, you have me beat! I thought I was a shoo-in for the brown ribbon on this one! Oh, well, I'll have to try less next time.

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by david_c:
I think the timestamp may be your undoing. :-(

Deflated ball??? Santa trying to be symbolic??
by Dr_Anita

Comment by snaffles:
turn off your time/date stamp...