Having spent a couple of days trying to get a decent pattern shot, I promptly switched to the AA Battery challenge with just a couple of hours left before the deadline. Big mistake.
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Well I didn't get the brown ribbon . . :)
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not well lit.
the idea of shallow dof is good,but the subject is supposed to be the batteries...i see batteries but they are certainly not the subject here.
image also lacks much of any attempt at composition - rather centered and no leading lines, rule of thirds, use of color, etc.
The batteries should be the main element in the shot, or at least an important one. In this case I find them just a distracting element. Maybe a better managment of the dof could improve the shot stressing out the idea of the "battery-eggs".