Music box
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
sweet image. a lot to like. I wonder isa the backgroudn a hair too bright?

Give it a Twist
by AChelton

Comment:
Awkward focus, poor white balance, fairkly arbitrary composition, all work against this.

The Old Fashioned Way
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I wish like hell the "horizon line" weren't parallel to and and tangent to the lowermost of the wires on the rearmost whisk (if that makes sense?). An overall sense of muddiness detracts a bit, even recofnizing the desire to "antique" this through sepia tonalities. One thing I notice is that the beater shows to best advantage in its reflection, not its actuality; a pity this isn't reversed...

The Mechanic of Time
by fplouffe

Comment:
almost there. Watch could be rotated clockwise maybe 15-20 degrees. Lighting a little blocked up, losing shadow detail in subject. exactly half the image is the antique diagram, so it's sort of static. The rotation of the watch woudl have helped this. These sorts of shots are devilishly difficult to light.

Wrenched
by karmat

Comment:
I donno, this is skilfullyh enough done but it seems so pat to me. Also, the way the shadows fall on the white make it too obviosu that this is a rotated, horizontal composition, and it seems arbitrary/artificial to me.

Simple Mechanical
by banmorn

Comment:
Dramatic as hell. Might work better if the subject were up and left 10% each, so the key diagonal line fell parallele to but slightly above the corner-to-corner diagonal. I wish the lighting gave me a hair of separation from shadowed area of object to pure black background. Just a hair, not much...

Can Opener
by DianaB

Comment:
I like the palpable lighting, soft and sharp at same time. I don't carte for the muddy hint of overall green in the color.

Appeal
by charliebaker

Comment:
an oddly confusing image. I'm not sure but what the monochrome is workign against you in this case...Love the juxtaposition of curves.

Empty eyes
by saurabhs

Comment:
Lots of curb appeal, but it can't sustain my interest. seems tolack critical sharpness also.

Colored
by caba

Comment:
The truncation of the inner (orange) diameter of the upper wheel is extremely unfortunate. Ditto the "disappearing rivet" detail left. Image woudl benefit from cropping left and foregroudn both. Otherwise luscious, very tactile.