First Place Group A - Score 92.5

Second Place Group A - Score 90.5

Third Place Group A - Score 91.5

Fujifilm XT4 Camera | LensBaby Trio 28mm | f/3.5 | ISO 200 | 1/100s | Two Video Lights

Honorable Mention Group A - Score 94

Spoonbill at Zoo Miami
ISO 100; 100-400 mm @ 400 mm; f/6.3; 1/1000s
Natural Light

Honorable Mention Group A - Score 93.5

Juvenile Cardinal in our backyard
ISO 2500; 100-400 mm @ 360 mm; f/6.3; 1/1600 s
Natural Light

Honorable Mention Group A - Score 90.5

First Place Group B - 85

Second Place Group B - 89.5

Cemetery in Sugar HIll, GA. iPhone 8.

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 89.5

I took a regular peanut in its shell and shot it on a mirror. I used a single light source.

Shot on Nikon Z7
f/22
1/200 sec
ISO 3200
200mm

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 87.5

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 85

Banana leaf in my backyard at early morning light, taken with my Samsung Galaxy S9 phone camera. Camera settings are F2.4, 1/222 s, 4.30 mm, ISO 50, White balance Auto, no flash.

Honorable Mention Group B - Score 85

This is one of the many, many, many stone carvings decorating the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. I took this picture during a visit many years ago.

Shot on Nikon D90
f/ 6.3
1/40 sec
ISO 200
45mm

Group A - Score 87.5

This image was shot specifically for this challenge. The three small crochet baskets were made by my wife. I placed them on a wicker basket lid turned upside down. A whiteboard was used for the background. This image was shot in the late afternoon in full sunlight. I thought the repetitive circular patterns added to the composition. There are textures are in all the elements. Post-processing was done with LrC. One small blemish on the whiteboard was removed using PS. It was not intended, but this image vaguely resembles an abstract face.

Group A - Score 86

Group A - Score 83.5

This is a pair of old hiking shoes that I normally use for yard work. When I was looking around the garage for something with texture they caught my eye. I played around with them and made various setups. I liked this one the best. The shoelaces were trying to make a statement so I tied them in a bow, and helped them out to make some interesting loop shadows. I thought the diagonal slant to the shoes helped the composition.

Group A - Score 82.5

Group B - Score 81

Olympus Digital Camera

Group A - Score 85.5

This is a bunch of expired pills ready to be taken to a pharmacy for proper disposal.
ISO 400. f 22 at 0.3 sec.
Shot with a 100 mm. 2.8L Macro
The camera was mounted on a tripod.

Group A - Score 85.5

Fujifilm XT4 Camera | Fujifilm 70-300 mm Lens at 122mm | f/5.6 | 1/320s | ISO 400 | Miami Metro Zoo

Group A - Score 88

Group B - Score 84.5

Group A - Score 83

Group A - Score 85

Group A - Score 85.5

Macro shot of part of a strawberry.
ISO 400, Setting at f 22 at 30 sec.
used a 100mm 2.8L Macro lens with a 36mm ring.
Used a small floodlight reflected from a whiteboard.
Tweaked with Lightroom Classic.

Group A - Score 84.5

Group B - Score 79.5

This is regarding food textures. This is a chicken, polenta & vegetable lunch at a hotel restaurant. There are a variety of different textures on this plate to please the palate from crunchy hard to different levels of soft, to smooth with different levels of firmness.

Group A - Score 89.5

Group A - Score 86.5

This image was taken at Yosemite National Park on October 2021