Thanks to all for the feedback. Obviously I did something wrong! I will definitely take a look at the tutorial before I post anything else for the challenges.
Nice composition. The quilt background is a little too busy. Larger image would be better, please make larger dimension 640 pixels - see Learn > Tutorials > Using Photoshop to Prepare Photos for DPC Challenges.
The boots are lovely - the chaos is in the background - too much "noise" - maybe the boots just with the wood and a nice angle would bump it up a notch - really nice use of lighting - keep it up