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keight [2018-08-21 17:42:58 +0000 UTC]

This is a very nicely done study, with a tiny problem. Halfway up from the bottom, or the visual front of the table, the still life begins to appear to float in front of the background.

To make it less visually confusing, and to make your beautifully rendered subject look like it really is sitting on a surface, it might help to blur or smudge (or lighten a tiny bit) the backdrop drape that the fruit, wine, cask, etc. are placed on, where it curves up to vertical behind your still life. That curved area (where the "knot in the board" is) really is slightly out of focus in the photo; and it is what tells our brains the still life is on the boards in front of the wall in the background, that just happens to match what everything is resting on. Then this will really look more three dimensional, and you will have raised your skills another level or two.

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Panartias [2018-08-20 21:38:58 +0000 UTC]

Very nice still-life! 

The motive seems famillar - was there a famous referrence?

Anyway, very well executed - especially the glasses and the wood texture is impressive!

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