I enjoyed shooting this and reading the comments during the challenge.
I wanted to get the X-ray effect and the closest I have to doing that is to use invert image. It gets tricky editing because dodge/burn are interchanged by using the effect. HSL, exposure and brightness are also affected and so I had to take into account what the image will look like when inverted before reshooting. I had to reshoot 2 times.
I had to cut a book and put money on top of it to create the wad of cash. It looked very realistic and I felt rich by looking at it. I put the fancy box cutter instead of a knife because I did not like how the kitchen knife looks. I think it is out of place. The gun and bullets are just cutouts because I was not able to get a real/toy gun. I made them from white cardboard so they look really dense after inversion. I liked how the transparent folder looks but I think could have used it better for the see through look. There are so many nitpicks I can think of but I did not have time to edit or reshoot. The best part and most humorous imo is mom calling and the chapstick. Nevertheless, I had so much fun doing this set-up and on my attempt to execute this look.
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I really like this concept of what you did and composition of things.
I did not rate this high or low...
I am not sure though about the background and lighting. I do like what you had the items in. For my it blinds my eyes and it really forces me to see through the items Too bright. I think I would have liked to see a softer darker touch, warming things up a bit bringing out the details of the items and especially the gun. Right now to me it looks just like a shadow.
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