I like the composition of this shot, but the scissors seem slightly out of focus to me. I eenjoy the shadow work and the dark lines in the background though.
I like your idea - using the shadows & light to your advantage (and I think you did that well). The problem is the shot seems a bit blurry and forced (as if you had taken this from a much larger photo and cropped out everything else. It's too close to the scissors, taking away from the potentially nice shadow you had if it had been shown in full. Sorry to score you a 4 on this one, but if you're like me (and trust me, I've been in the same boat), it'll only make you try that much harder on the next one! :-)
I'm not sure if this is intentional, but the brightness and lack of focus on the background are giving me a headache. Nice contrast between stripes on the scissors and on the background, though.
And the brown ribbon winner is....
Sorry. Here's some legitimate criticism: too small, too blurry, cropped to death, etc.
Look in the forums for tutorials on sizing images to 640 pixels if you don't know how. The size alone will kill ya.
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