its a lovely dramatic black and white image ..
its interesting how ppl view our photos ..
usually i just go by a gut feeling .. does it speak to me .. do i feel awe .. etc etc .
if i was wanting to know your setup it would be only to reproduce it myself .. as a learning thing ..
anyway .. many congratulations on your ribbon .. :)
Just perfect. Love the shapes, textures, composition. The light brings out all details perfectly.
Used a thin strip light? I have a hard time figuring out what light setup you used. The middle one seems to be lit from above but the other ones seems to be lit from the high-left.
A composition of multiple images? I think around the stem I can see those are cut-outs but the rest is done perfectly.
In my top 3.