From The Monastery Farms - Cheeses Of Nazarethby
lshlesComment by mesmeraj: ~Crtique Club~
First off i have to say, i love the story that goes with this pcture. Having a catholic family who are very involved in the church - i am sure Father had a chuckle at your requests over dinner.
On to the picture:
Nice theme, i missed the joke voting, but if you have every eaten monastry cheese, even without the joke the rosary makes sense.
As far as a still life goes, this is a very nice one. The cross balance with the dark wine of a light palete, which prevents the red wine from seaming out of place.
I image you put the plant in to break the background from the wine? The plant is the only part of the setup that does not work props wise. It doesn't have a "reason" to be with the cheese and the wine (other than the background thing). May i sugest a dark green background to do what the leaves did. Or who knows, a stain glass window would have worked great (because we all carry one of those around in our back pocket.)
A few people have said you needed a babystep to the left - i would say you would have been better off with a baby step backwards. That way you wouldnt have cropped the gouda or the cracker out of the frame.
Lighting is very nice, good use of natural light. I would have liked a little spot light to aleviate the cast in the cut out of the gouda a little bit.
Focus and colour are great - a very nice piece over all.
Any Q's or comments feel free to PM me.
Elli
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