Valentine's Day Still Life

My girlfriend and I are shooting a still-life calendar with monthly

themes, and this is what we came up with for February. Let me know

what everyone thinks...

 

BTW, I would certainly hesitate to call this "Fine Art," but it seemed

to be the only appropriate category for submission. We need a "Still

Life" category in the critique section.

I find it too busy. Too many things competing for my attention.

Nice! The only thing I dislike is the picture of

the couple. Without that it would be more abstract

and I think, better (composition would have to be

adapted, of course).

Nice composition and technical quality.

 

I, too dislike

the picture of the couple, just

because it turns the picture into

a depiction of romance between those two

pictured people, instead of romance in

general. Also, I'd avoid depicting the

brand name on the chocolates.

 

Instead of the photo of the couple, if you

could find a miniature copy of Rodin's "The

Kiss" sculpture... Or a valentine's day card,

or just a pink envelope with a woman's kiss

imprinted in lipstick, or a diamond ring in a

presentation box, or a man's bow-tie intertwined

with a woman's garter, or...

 

Yeah, there's a lot of dissonance in introducing the picture of the couple. They're pretty murky, and instead of getting an instantaneous feeling from the overall composition, I'm distracted and squinty. The calendar is acting as a somewhat useful little bounce, but itself seems rather off-the-shelf ordinary. Pleasing arrangement, tho.