The angle and strength of the lighting brings up the texture of the hat very well, but a bit of bounce lighting on the otherside of the flash would have given the dark side of the hat a bit more interest, where it fades too much into black and the light punches through to make that interesting pattern.
The hat is the star here, the headset doesn't realy add much or go with this very country/folksy hat, and while the table cloth is beautiful, it seems a bit too soft and delicate for the hard pattens set up in the hat.
The inky shadows on the hat where here ought to be some detail, and the slightly blown highlights on the table cloth make me wonder if you didn't dial up the contrast a bit higher than needed to. |