Thank you all so much for your input, I am noticing some general trends and also just some people picking my few personal favorites too, so this is helpful. Thank you guys!!

Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
Pity i only can choose 5... As general comment, i would suggest to add some contrast, or lessen the brightness, to make the colors brighter. (i dont know if is allowed to process the pictures with some program like corel/photoshop/whatever)
No, we aren't allowed to digitally manipulate them at all.

I am a little confused though - you say lessen the brightness to make the colors brighter? What do you mean? Like darken the background so the foreground stands out, or something entirely different that I am just missing completely?

I love constructive criticism, and so I really want to know exactly what you mean. Thank you!