As I write this my beloved free study entry is languishing, barely hanging on to a +5 score. So I thought I'd try a different approach! I've entered something I don't really like that much or have any attachment to at all.
I don't mind the compostition and it seems sharp enough. My home made light tent (a sheet drapped over my weightlifting cage!) did a great job of controlling the highlights (from my builders lamp) and it was taken with a wonderful 20 year old 50mm AIS series E lens off ebay for £50 so everything was manually set.
I'm not really sure it meets my interpretation of the challenge as I think it is more still life. It will be interesting to see what others make of it. Looking at the Table2 challenge there are a number of similar shots that are more still life than table top IMHO of course.
It would be nice if it was above 5.5 so my average increased but as I said, it could go either way. If it bombs at least I don't care this time!
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i like the simplicity and "cleanliness" of the shot. you have done an excellent job at controlling light and dof too. although i am not 100% convinced about the "table top" pov.
Little issues like the spoon fading into the plate and the rather drastic white to red comparison effect this image in a negative way. While technically sufficient, it's artistic impression is less than perfect. A suggestion would have been to take a longer look at this image, less light to enhance the silver settings which would have brought the complimentary details of the plate edge into the image - the fade isn't as effective in this image as it is in others. A little higher angle would have helped as well. A good effort with some minor issues that effect the image as a whole.
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