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stephanComment by sylandrix: Greetings from the Critique Club!
COMPOSITION...Interesting background, though it could hurt the eye if you stare at it too long :) Certainly an interesting departure from the usually solid backgrounds. The pattern's a little intense, but it nonetheless makes your subject stand out. Placement of said banana in frame? I'm trying to imagine how the image would look if the two ends of the banana were placed at the intersection points of the imaginary rule of third lines (rotate banana a little more clockwise, etc)... Its hard to say how much an improvement it would be since the shadow would be displaced somehow also and that should be taken into account... As for the shadow, I don't find the way its placed here helps the image - it makes another likeness of the banana that overlaps the actual banana and at an odd angle. I think a slight angled shadow would work better (ie, overhead lighting)
TECHNiQUE... Just two concerns here - banana doesn't seem to be in focus. Close, but not as sharp as can be, and the bright white spot on the banana... its bright enough to have started burning away the detail of the banana surface. You can reduce the intensity of your light source, move it a bit further away, or diffuse the light with some opaque material... Or try to angle your light source so that the effect of the hot spot is reduced by aiming it on t he side of the banana perhaps, or at an area that is already very dark.
OVERALL... A nicely composed and graphic image, strong yellow colors add to its punch, you couldn't fit into the theme any better :) Lighting can be tricky, lots of problems you don't see until after the photo is taken and its too late to do anything about it (in your case you ate your banana :) :)
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