Hi, I've been allocated this image from the list of images on the CC list requiring an in depth crit. I'll do my best.
In my voting I actually gave you a 7 for this image, I forgave the 'imperfections' which other commenters have already mentioned, but I think many of the voters will have marked you down severly for this lack of attention to detail. A few minuted cleaning and setup would have payed dividends.
I will try to examine whether there are other aspects of the image which resulted in such an unjustified low final score.
In order to do that I'm going to compare it to the other 'three egg' shot in the challenge, which might shed some llight on what people voted for.
The two images are in effect almost identical in concept, however yours is composed with a very rigid vertical rythm, thats usually a very pleasing tool. But what can sometimes work is a break in the rythm and that appears to be the case here.
The lighting of your image is from the front and laft of the eggs, this makes the eggs blend into the white background, losing a little definition. If you look closely at the other entry you will see that the eggs are lit from slightly behind. This makes the eggs just stand out a little more and defines the left hand edge of the eggs.
I hope you don't mind me using someone elses image as the vehicle for this critique, but I do think its sometimes useful to understand the differences, especially when the images are so similar and marked so differently.
Composition is alright, I think the light could be a little more dramatic. When viewing eggs artistically I like to see clean soft surfaces, I think these guys could have been cleaned up a little better prior to shooting. Maybe a softer light would mask some of the artifacts and imperfections a little better or even a dusting of baby powder or talc to whiten them up a tad.
neat picture! i'm a little torn, because at first I would say try a different colour background, but the more i look at this, the more i like it. the irregularities on the eggs are kind of distracting for me, as well.
Another three egg omelet :-)!!! I like that there is definition to the eggs but the eggs could have been a little bit cleaner. The lint and dirt are distracting.
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