Had a lot of fun experimenting with light and lens combinations. Then came the hard part - picking one to enter.
I unsubmitted my first choice and replaced it with this one.
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Thanks for the votes, comments and resulting HM.
Here are the two that got away - starting with the one I entered first and then unsubmitted:
Statistics
Place: 5 out of 166 Avg (all users): 6.4872 Avg (commenters): 7.5833 Avg (participants): 6.3279 Avg (non-participants): 6.5597 Views since voting: 3887 Views during voting: 368 Votes: 195 Comments: 17 Favorites: 4 (view)
Very nice. Not sure why you decided to have part of reflection so close to border. From my point of view, graphics (lines and shapes) are very important in this image and from that perspective line almost touching border is not that good.
Strong stock feel to this one. Nice reflection and overall comp. Probably will do well, although for me I prefer the more traditional old-style still life subject materials and setting.