Good to the last drop
by donniev

Comment by levitator5.13:
well done

Good to the last drop
by donniev

Comment by C-town driver:
Had to stop and look at this a few times while browsing through the thumbs. For some reason, it really appeals to me. Great focus and detail and the composition is nice.

Good to the last drop
by donniev

Comment by moonwell:
Like the shot. Think I would prefer it without the label on the bottle though.

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by sabphoto:
Fits challenge=5
Color/lighting=1
DOF/focus=1
Wow factor/uniqueness=0
Attractiveness=0

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by PhotoRyno:
all that light from the one candle

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by Prism:
Good idea and composition. I feel that a more subdued lighting with more shadows would have been more effective to convey the atmosphere of "The Raven". Perhaps you could try adjusting the contrat level or using curves to increase the contrasts to make the shadows pop.

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by samanwar:
Oh this is very nice.

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by CNovack:
I like the composition and the mood that you are trying to capture here. I think the overall mood of errie/spookiness/dark horror that so many of Poe stories have would have been better accomplished if the only light illuminating the scene was candlelight (perhaps even one off frame to cast a bit more light to illuminate the main objects of focus. There is too much ambient light here that it totally washs out any of that warm soft light (and those shadows) cast by candlelight. We see too much that distracts our attention from the objects that should have our full attention. The seeing the details of wood grain of the desk takes away so much from creating a dark/mysterious/spooky atmosphere. Most of the desk should be in shadow with the only objects illuminated or partially illuminated being the book, the candle, the paper with the opening quotes from The Raven, the quill and the hand.

Dangerous to eat peas with a knife
by donniev

Comment by whiteroom:
this made me smile, thanks :)

Quoth The Raven
by donniev

Comment by Katmystiry:
Nice setup but the lack of color spoils the candlelight effect.