Terminus

Framing the shot so the tracks run through from the foreground to the background creates a good sense of perspective. But an even better angle, with the tracks cutting across the frame, would have made this a winner. There's a slight tilt in the image that could easily be corrected. Also, there's been a darkening of the sky in post-processing that is a little inconsistent, leaving an area to the left of the brickwork and under the arch that is too bright.

Photographs can present themselves in the most unpromising of situations – here the use of reflection has added great interest and intrigue. While a certain amount of Photoshop has been used to enhance the contrast, there is still a good understanding of exposure as the pilot can be seen in the shadow of the cockpit, but without burning out the passengers in the foreground.

There is a time of day at St Pancras when the light produces an amazing reflection of the station roof on the glass that divides the Eurostar platforms and the concourse. It lasts for about ten minutes, and there is a hint of it in this photograph. The reflection sets up an intriguing juxtaposition of what we see and what we think we see. Where is the man: sitting waiting for a train or waiting on the concourse?

Using a vantage point that places the photographer above the scene enables us to see the pattern of the seating and how people arrange themselves. From here we can spot the people travelling together as they huddle next to one another, and the solo traveller who sits apart, keeping his or her distance.

The end of a session of washing up perhaps, the end of the road for bubbles, even. It's a funny idea and shows an imaginative interpretation of the brief.

The dark humour in this photograph is a sideways interpretation of the brief but works, asking us is this the end of liberty or of a life? It's a nicely observed moment. From a technical perspective, the shot is not sharp –the result of a slow shutter speed of 1/10th of a second. Bumping up the ISO would have remedied this.

Railway stations are romantic places, conjuring up dreams of exciting and exotic places to travel to. The moving train set against the stillness of the waiting passenger evokes a real sense of movement – not just of the train but of our own desire to travel.

This is a lovely photograph that successfully captures the satisfaction and exhaustion of a hard day's surfing. There are several nicely observed features: the waves in the distance rolling onto the beach and reminding us of the scene of the day's efforts, the much gentler ripples in the pool that the surfer is walking through, and the use of the sun directly behind the surfer to create a strong silhouette that draws in the eye.

A good reminder of the poetic potential of an empty platform. The perspective of the photographer is emphasised by the inclusion of the umbrella at the top of the frame, and by the rain driving through the glare of the light. But the film-spool edging that has been added after the fact is an unnecessary distraction from the image itself.

This is an endearing shot of what looks like a lovely dog. That said, it has a slightly staged feel and it's not clear how it matches the brief: it looks more as if the dog is waiting to go for a walk than being at the end of one. Also, there's a grey edging that seems to have been added to only three sides of the image, so that needs correcting.

This study of bicycle racks neatly conveys the terminus of many different journeys. The lovely colour of autumn in the fallen leaves contrasts effectively with the green of the leaves that are still on the trees.