Disclaimer: I have no photographic training and what I'm offering here are just my impressions from viewing the photos. Feel free to take all comments with grain of salt, or ignore them completely.
piatigorsky - The more I look at this image the more it draws me in. Love the lighting from the blocked sunrise and reflections in the water. Gives a nice soft feel of early morning. Don't feel the need to view this on a larger screen.
mollyc - Ready for basketball season!
I like everything about the shot, but this is not what I was looking for in this contest. I do want to check this out on a larger screen when I get home.
C0ncreteBl0nde - A pinch of "clean and simple". Excellent clarity, black background makes the cope tin really stand out.
Chuckeee - Unique rose water tower, on target with the clean and simple. I like this, but the brightness of the background sky makes me want to squint when looking at the photo.
Strider64 - Gives me the sense of light emerging from the darkness. Simple, pure. Very nice.
_timo_redux_ - Sweet little bouquet. Like the lighting/shadow. Black background behind/below the bench(?) really sets it off. I want to see this one on a larger screen.
xodh - cup of coffee. Nice image, looks good on small screen, but I am distracted by seeing the floor off the edge of the table - it keeps pulling my attention away from the cup.
coolguy4747 - nice effect, like the way it feels rounded in 3 dimensions, and how the plant curls around the edge. It could almost be a shadow on the moon. Creative.
chown33 - " Autumn's compliments"!. Love the sunlit golden leaves against the deep blue sky. This is an image that I definitely want to see on a bigger screen, small screen doesn't do it justice.
mtbdudex - " Mountain flakes". I often don't appreciate shots taken into the Sun, but I love how this creates the shimmery silver flakes without blinding me. Also like the look/ feel of this on the small screen.
Apple_Glen_UK - this image also nailed the "simple and clean" request. I like how light radiates out from the hub towards the spokes. Is this a roulette wheel?
lkalliance - Beautiful fall colors and blue sky, but I think it loses the expansive feeling on a small screen. I might have cropped this to remove the white structure on the left .
oblomow - The simple life, yes. A little bleak and cold for me. Like how you caught the shadow of yourself in the image. This one would also view better on a larger screen.
Thank you for your wonderful submissions, they are all winners. But I must choose, so here goes :
Tied for 3rd - piatigorsky & Strider64
Tied for 2nd - C0ncreteBl0nde & Apple_Glen_UK
First place - coolguy4747
