Your pic is nice. The only problem is: it's in dead center. That's photo no-no. Why? because it is not as pleasing to the eye than if were off-centered. This is called the rule of thirds. So if you off-center it a little your pic above will get higher ratings. Good luck.
Sure there's negative space, but this doesn't really interest me and I'm not particularly fond of the composition. Try to work on different angles to make the photograph a little more interesting.
don't know if it was possible, but boosting the contrast might get rid of the folds of your background. it may totally obliterate teh cat though, (?) Did you try placing it in different parts of the picture, other than center? karmat
This is an interesting idea... i don't particularly care much for the dead center view of thei subject though... Off center to one side or the other would appeal to me in a much stronger way....
Love the light refractions against the black background but the subject needed to be off to one side I think to make use of your negative space better. 8 - floyd
I like the crystal, the reflections a well hadnled. I think thought i's too much center and facing the camera and I would prefer a full black background. Somebody already submited a picture taken in fron of a black drape last week (you ?) and I thought the same thing. You could try to reduce the brigness a little to see the results. Maybe you tried but still picked that one. 5