my photographic journey 2014 - 2015 Sandra_Punched_Final_print2 copy copy

You planned well for this Still Life. The background colour of the aging wood is very appealing with the elements in the shot. I especially like the burnished apricot colour of the pear with this shade of turquoise. The light is excellent for me, as well as the excellent detail. Very nice work. It inspires me to try some of this kind of work over the Winter.

Kind regards, Gail

Gail - Nice to her from you and thank you for your kind comments! I hope to get back to a higher level of activity with PN. I think some people find the image lacking because there is no "story"- but for me in this instance, the story is the lighting. I am still working on mastering the techniques involved in creating this photograph. The techniques involved were a bit more than perhaps appear. This image was entirely light-painted, - no flash or studio lights. It is comprised of a  total of 17 layers, each lighting a different surface or edge, and finally 2 with side lighting and soft OH lighting from a small LED panel. I photographed with the camera tethered to my laptop.

A good composition which is beautifully lit

A beautiful effort of blending images.  A wonderful collection of items with different textures.  What was your light source while light painting?  

Sandra, I get your comment about people on PN needing a "story" behind a photograph, yet if you look at some of their galleries,  their "stories" are often personal and we, as viewers, don't see them the same way. A story can be what we see with our own eyes and brain and how we interpret it. Your story here is that you imagined a beautiful still life with aged objects in a complimentary setting and if you didn't see it, or lit it well, or positioned the objects as you did, you might not have captured your story and it would not have worked. If someone doesn't see a story here, then it's their own lack of imagination. This is a lovely piece of art that happened to use a camera as its tool.

One little teeny thing to me(!) is somewhat more composition-wise... try cropping so that the entire lock is shown. For some reason, my eye goes right to the lock where it's cut off. Otherwise, bravo!