Greetings from the Critique Club!
Just took a quick scroll through your port before returning to write your critique...Eugene, you have some very serious photo skills. I'm guessing that you're returning after a hiatus from here, ad if so, in advance, belated welcome back and hope you hang around!
Now onto the photo. High-key, as you've probably seen from the front-page top 5, is essentially all about the white and bringing out the details within it. This is a site populated by literalists and they vote accordingly - I saw where you were in the final standings and to quote Austin Powers, 'Ouch, baby. Very ouch.'
The presence of the heavy black Hendrick's bottle and the accents on the Kraken bottle pretty much knocks this out of the running in terms of high-key; true white and true black is acceptable in high-key, but only in very small quantities. This is a decent b/w image, but both comp and subject matter lack interest unless carefully lit and made compelling in some manner. The candles look flat and the flash shadow on the wall behind them.
Hope this critique has been of help, feel free to PM me,
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