Interesting shot. It looks difficult to set up. I would have perferred to see the top of the 9 ball. The balls on the far right sort of fade out to me because they are so dark, but I assume that's intentional.
I like the creativity you applied here. I think I would prefer to see all of the 9 ball, but that's just my personal pref. Nice colors. Good DOF. Great focus on the 9 ball demonstrating the detailed cracks and dirt Ther eis that one hot spot on the front of the nine - but it isnt distracting to me at all.
Hey that's an innovative idea! I love that! Did you use a flash? I have no idea if it would have been possible to shoot this without those hotspots visible. But if there was a way to remove those (some advanced editing maybe) then this would have looked even better