You achieved a better focus on the second take and I believe that the point of view is also better. However the focus is still soft. I like the reflections on the bottom half of the picture and feel that balanced the image a little more. What I think is hurting the over all image is the strong background. It is competing with the subject. I would recommend a black background. The contrast seems to be week and I would of darkened up the photograph a little if possible. I think you should of taken advantage of more processing allowed under advanced editing.
Overall a good photograph. I hope you find this critique helpful and if you have any questions feel free to contact me.
-SDW
Nice Cliche .. my only issue here is what the knife seems quite scratched ... with this type of image I look for clean and crisp reflections ... this image though appears to have taken on the suggestions from the last challenge it was in .. I think has improved vastly. But it is the little things that could .... the reflections of the mustard would look spactacular in a nice new (unmarked) knife you can't fix that easierly in basic .. and I think it is easier to buy a new knife to get the image right .. than compromise the creation.
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