"This is not really avery interesting photograph"-yep
"It's also very grainy; was this a desired effect or were you shooting in low-fidelity mode?"-bad noise got worce after i downsized(didn't bother to get ridd of it.
"The scallops on the top edge are very odd"- u answered that 1-"artefact created by the rendering of the diagonal line at a low resolution"
i just wanted to submitt i jhould've tride hareder prob. but i'll leave the ribbon taking too bradP or some1 who can shoot studio.
This is not really avery interesting photograph, to me, and I think you've acknowledged that yourself in your own comments. The lighting is quite decent, very tactile; that's about the only positive I can come up with.
The cropping is way too tight, especially on the right. Give it a little more room to breathe. It's also very grainy; was this a desired effect or were you shooting in low-fidelity mode? The scallops on the top edge are very odd. Are they actually there, or is this an artefact created by the rendering of the diagonal line at a low resolution?
I know what you're trying to portray here, but it's (to be brutally honest) dull and not very interesting. A different background, not so boring crop, interesting lighting, funny label on the tape and it might work better...
TC