I didn't vote this challenge, but I thought you might want some additional feedback.
I see a strong effort to do an interesting still life, and it is clear that you tried to do some interesting lighting. Way above the average snapshot, but for the harsh DPC environment, it comes in as "good, but not great".
I think the light was not quite in the best spot, however. What I usually do is to experiment with different positions of the light and then when I look at them on the big screen, one or two usually stand out. (and hopefully I'll recall what I did!) It's hard to tell on the little camera screen what is really working the best. From the shadow on the basket, it looks like your main light was positioned to the front left. Locating the light to the rear seems to often work well, as the light passes through the translucent items on it's way to the camera. It also seems to create dramatic shadows that work with the image. Such a positioning might have picked up some nice coloration on the wine in the glass. You did succeed in avoiding any unkind glare off the glass surfaces. That can sometimes be tough to do. (Disclaimer: Yo_Spiff is not a lighting expert and this analysis of your lighting is part of his own learning efforts)
As previously mentioned, there is a tilt here that is easily corrected. Composition wise, all the elements seem clustered around the edge, trying to get into the frame. The bowl of pasta, which I can assume is the main subject, it cut off at the bottom. I think it should have been more prominent in the frame. Perhaps a modest amount of sauce would add some visual interest to it.
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