8 - Good and unusual capture/composition. Criticism; difficult obviously, and 'lens' dependent mostly, but 'sharper' and more 'pop', make this even better in my opinion. Perhaps a little more space (depending what you had of course) on the right, primarily to incorporate 'all whiskers'.
Neat squirrel image. How on earth is that corn cob attached to the tree, I wonder? Looks like he/she is enjoying it. Have scored this high - it fits the challenge well and is a good shot.
I like the burst of colour that the bright yellow corn provides. Nice composition, good lighting with nice catchlight in the eye. Shallow DOF works well to blur background and isolate subject.