Wine and Candles
by thenettiep

Comment by Jutilda:
Nice set up but it's blurred.

Cheese, Biscuits and Wine
by thenettiep

Comment by _eug:
It's a little dark. Give me more of the details of the biscuits and cheese by adding some light. The glass is blocking the wine bottle which is a major element. shift the bottle to be right behind the cheese.

Cheese, Biscuits and Wine
by thenettiep

Comment by BeeCee:
Lighting is very weak, giving no sharpness anywhere.

Cheese, Biscuits and Wine
by thenettiep

Comment by stphq:
too dark i feel

Cheese, Biscuits and Wine
by thenettiep

Comment by sjturner:
it's a bit dark

Cheese, Biscuits and Wine
by thenettiep

Comment by blazingmoonlight:
Extremely underexposed. I can't even see the wine. You may need to adjust your monitor settings (who knows...maybe I need to adjust mine!)

Wine and Candles
by thenettiep

Comment by kenskid:
I like it.

Wine and Candles
by thenettiep

Comment by JeffryZ:
A difficult one. It sounds like you went to a lot of effort to set up your shot and you got an interesting result. Is it the worst picture here? Definately not. People expect clear, sharp pictures. YOu have a great range of nice soft tones and the red color gives it a focal point. I think it would stand better as a part of a set of images than it does by itself. If you want the abstract, maybe just include a better hint of what the subject is. Even just the bottom edge of something. You will get a lot of negative "blury out of focus" comments on a picture like this, but decide yourself if they are valid or not. To score high here, you need a clear, coloful shot that tells the story in one easy to decipher image. They don't like ones that make them think or examine it more closely, although these are usually the more interesting sorts of pictures. The other ones if you saw them in a magazine or newspaper you would go "nice picture" and turn the page. Pictures like yours require more effort on the viewer's part.

Wine and Candles
by thenettiep

Comment by tpoc:
cool...kind of like an abstract painting...

Wine and Candles
by thenettiep

Comment by mkalandros:
I looks like a reflection, but I can't tell for sure because the image is so fuzzy -- either out of focus or distorted by the reflecting surface. I can't tell if its the latter, because you've cropped so tightly. I'd like to see what the surface is in shots like this.