Very nice pictures, but I don’t know: do garlic and ginger even go together? I’m not really into either garlic OR ginger, but somehow I don’t think they relate to each other than the fact that they both start with “G” and I now know that they look really nice together in a picture. 🙂 Let me know if I’m wrong about that!
Okay, that being said,
#1 – It feels weighted to the left – the bowl going off the left side of the photo and there being extra space on the right side
#2 – It’s very …brown. Not necessarily a bad thing, especially for stock photography, but the lack of color makes the picture less intriguing for me. That may just be me, though.
#3 – Nicely balanced. I do wish all the garlic was in focus, but I know adjusting the aperture would mess with exposing the scene.
#4 – Looks crooked; the grain of the wood isn’t straight.
Also in general, there are a lot of shadows. I am not at all a lighting expert and struggle with difficult lighting situations myself, so I almost didn’t mention it. But if you could figure out a way to fix that, it would definitely give the photos a more airy look, which is what it seems like they should be.
Again, great pictures and I do have to say your alphabet challenge is a good idea. Makes me think I should do some sort of challenge like that myself! 😀