Your comments don't show up until the challenge is over - at least not to the rest of us. But isn't it fun to add your frustrations in text during the week? I'm kinda diggin' that feature.
Lol yes you would be wise to get back to shooting what you like. Then when someone else appreciates it, you suddenly feel "understood" :D.
I started using this lens now and love it. I can get those rich sky blues like you have without even using a filter! I love the clarity of the glasses and how it all pops out from the background. Clever idea!
Hmmm... VERY creative idea for the challenge. I think I would have cropped a bit off of the left side for a better composition (in my opinion, of course). And it needs a bit of brightening, I think. The glasses are nicely lit... and sharp. I wish that last one were in line vertically with the rest of them, but that's just being picky. A interesting image, for sure.
My gripe would be the compositionI think it is a bit tightly cropped on the far right glass and theres a bit too much space on the left, I personally think a different angle to alter the lines would have worked a little better and that could also have evened out the space between the glasses which at the moment look a little too random.
I like the tone of the glasses and the lighting on them. The cloth holding these glasses to the clothespins is pretty dark and I could not figure out what they were at first. Once I figured that out, it was evident that either the shot was rotated, or gravity does not work quit right in your area.