The "thing" is a folding magnifier!
This one is miles above your first entry, so much that it doesn't even seem the work of the same person :)
For most shots this sparkly background would be distracting, but it ties in and highlights this one perfectly. I really enjoyed this entry; colour, clarity, lighting. The only thing maybe is the straightness and centering of it. My eye starts in the lower left and follows the chain up and around to travel left along the main part, so maybe if the lens part was shifted just a touch higher? It just seems TO ME that my eye would flow a little more smoothly along the sideways V that would create, rather than straight across. Does that make sense?
(Sheesh, you keep up progress at this rate you'll be ribonning next time!) |