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Very nicely executed!

Agreed. The light and shadows are perfect IMO.

A beautifully crafted image!

Great image. I like the B&W treatment.

great setup and great lighting love it

im not a fan. i don't like that it looks staged. i would have liked more atmosphere and it looking like there was a genuine search as opposed to a setup photograph.
maybe sitting on a table next to a lamp for light, a glass of wine next to it, a book open...anything to break it up into something less sterile.

oh...and i'll take #3 thanks.

Nicely crafted and yes... staged image... doubt your trying to present it as anything but that in this instance as is the case with many product style shots.

Actually this image was not staged. The book and two notepads were just placed on a sideboard in our hallway by my wife. I have walked past them everyday for the past couple of months and on this particular day the light falling on them through an adjacent window just grabbed my attention so I went to get the camera and shot off a couple of frames.

No thought went into the included elements or positioning, just shot as I saw it.

Great tonality.