Didn't have much inspiration for this one. My wife dreamed about this set up last night.
Shot with 2 strobes, one just inches away from the crystal pen holder, the other up a little and to the left. I like the play of light and the grain of the wood (our dining table)
Opened from RAW
in RAW converter, boosted contrast, shadows, red saturation. sharpen
cropped
reduce size
add border
save for web
Have no idea how this one will do.
Statistics
Place: 35 out of 122 Avg (all users): 5.6424 Avg (commenters): 7.1176 Avg (participants): 5.2241 Avg (non-participants): 5.7478 Views since voting: 1847 Views during voting: 382 Votes: 288 Comments: 17 Favorites: 0
Creative and pleasant presentation of important idea related to the given subject. The elements of the photo are understatedly elegant and complementary to one another.
Nice effect of the lighting through the pen holder. I would like to see the out of focus portion of the pen holder in a different position, as my eye is drawn to it after reading the message.
Well done, solid idea. I don't care much for the double shadow on the pen but that is me trying to find something to give you feed back on. Good Luck 7