I have to stop this, every morning
by rrwhaley

Comment by valkner:
It's very well lit, but the composition feels a bit tight, I think it could use a little breathing room.

I have to stop this, every morning
by rrwhaley

Comment by jblaylockrayner:
Interesting - The crop seems a little severe. Maybe just a little too staged.

I have to stop this, every morning
by rrwhaley

Comment by e301:
Fine way to start the day, presuming there's coffee in that mug. There's a sense of desperation about this, given the title - both as an honest self-assessment and as an entry, which makes it interesting despite its lack of photographic quality.

You've taken enough care of the background to suggest more than a simple snapshot here - and yet, with all that care you've paid almost no attention to the light. I would urge you to take a good look at some other still lifes, some of the higher rated ones here would do, and see how they're lit - look at the reflections of the light sources in shiny objects, and of the graduations of shadow across objects, and look at the simplicity of the composition - as few elements as can put the message across usually. Because that's what this image lacks. The light is flat - it's shadows that let us know the shapes of things, and if someone told me that aspirin bottle was a cardboard cut-out I'd almost believe them. You could lose the other pill bottle, the top of the aspirin bottle, the three pills and it wouldn't change a thing about the impact of this image - in fact, it would make it simpler, easier to view. More successful.