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I like this photo a lot, Ron. It's a beautifully balanced composition, and I like the way some of the main elements continue out of the frame (the cup, the biscuits at top-left, and the jar that might be brown sugar at top-right). It gives the impression of presenting just part of a bigger picture, and it makes me feel curious about what is outside the frame. I like photos with mystery and it's great that you've managed that in a photo of coffee and biscuits.

I also really love the smoothly out-of-focus area at the top of the photo. Whatever lens you used has wonderfully smooth bokeh. A Sigma, perhaps? And you have really nailed the selective focus.

There are three things that, in a perfect world, I would change. The white part of the jam centre of the foreground biscuit distracts me, as does the grey loopy thing hanging down from the sugar jar at the top, if sugar it is. And finally, I think I might prefer not to see the corner of the napkin at bottom-left. It might be better, to my eye, if the corner had been just out of frame.

But those are just details. You found a great composition and I really love your photo.