This was a really fun one. I created this shot using a pretty basic setup; a piece of paper in front of a window, and me going a bit crazy with some black acrylic paint (though you can't really tell in this particular shot). I wish I could have made the foreground sharper, but hey, what can ya do?
Beautiful dof and grain in the wood. I would like to see a little less contrast showing the bounce-up reflection on the darkside of the drop, without heating up the light side and the wood too much.
The top right corner takes away from the pic (imo). I'm not sure what I'm looking at, so the right corner isn't helping me figure it out. I think this might work better if the wood (?) made up the whole picture (more abstract).
nice photo - good lighting. Angle is excellent the four holes could be distractions - especially top left, as they are just out of focus and I spent a seond figuring out what they were.