Nice textures, but I would like to have seen a closer shot focusing on the details of one shell, and this border detracts from your otherwise good shot.
very nice.... one of the best so far... in this BIG ...(time consuming) Challenge..The only thing..wrong... and it is ...a small thing...the BORDER... wonderful Photo...
This is a great image composition, color, and focus wise. The border though hurt the score trmenedously. This was more than strong enough to support a simple black background.
Nice composition - I can see you took your time creating this still life. To make it better (imho) I'd get the full shot crisper and zoom in to get more of the texture.
Black background is well done. The only place I really feel texture in the shot is on the extreme edge of the top right shell, which should tell you something about the lighting and what you could do better here - very very close, and I would have thought that the contrast of those textures would be interesting, but that too head-on light lets you down.
Nice lighting and focus and nice arrangement of shells. I would have preferred something other than the plain black background, and I think the border detracts.