Post-challenge: I think my photography is improving, slowly but surely. I think the consensus is that the focus was completely off. I knew it when I submitted it, and probably should have refrained. As for the wrinkles and flaws in the peppers, I like for photographs to include imperfections...there is beauty there. I can see getting rid of a sun glare that's distracting, but not a bruise on a pepper :-)
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your DOf has left the subject of the photo, the seeds , out of focus. And I find it distracting that the peppers that are in focus are mottled and have a black spot... : (
The focus is off. It should be on the seeds with the backgound blurred if you need to. Lighting could be a little better. Other than that it is a nice photo. 6
I think this would have been a better photo if you had focused on the seeds in the gutted pepper. I like the array of colors you used for the intact peppers, though!