Toiletries and Cosmetics

A beautiful symmetrical shot, echoing the product name with bamboo leaves. I especially like the light quality coming through the bottle. The only thing I might have done slightly differently would have been a slight reduction in the depth of field to soften the leaves. Congratulations on third place.

A nice masculine combination of items with a good contrast between the warm colours of the liquid in the bottle and the props with the blue grey colour of the fabric. The play of the light on the fabric is also very exquisite and it is scrunched up in a perfect manner. The only possible different tactic I can think of might be to lighten the watchband a bit or use a lighter brown colour watch band to increase the warm contrast. Congratulations.

This photo stuck me because of the sole use of primary colours along with black and white, in addition to capturing a glow from the gel toothpaste. It would have been interesting to know a bit more about how it was produced. and what lighting was used. The effect is surreal and has a fascinating "outer-spacey" quality.

Lovely and tasteful arrangement of the lavender soap with the lavender leaves and flowers, especially impressive anno post-processing was done. The loose threads on the string help to add an additional softening effect to this semi-pastel. If I were to do anything differently it might be to either crop out the white on the top left or on the other hand increase its size and change its shape to echo the light area on the bottom right.. Congratulations.

Impressive use of colour in this photo, with the lighting and shadowing echoing the black and pink theme., especially in combination with the black and pink peppercorns as props. I also really appreciated the time and effort that must have been made in arranging the maple leaves and peppercorns as well as the backlighting effect. The only thing I might have done differently if I even had the technical skill to create this might be a bit of dodging on general lightening in the upper left of the photo. Congratulations.

I really loved thus flat lay, especially the use of empty space on the towel and the extremely well thought out arrangement of the various green objects, including the plant matter. I also liked the fact that there were enough bits of colours other than green to keep the photo from being monotonous. I have very little to add on how this could possibly be improved except maybe to move a bit of the rock outside the frame of the photo. CONGRATULATIONS!

Beautiful and sexy smoke effect in this phot and great colour match of the tile with the pink in the bottle. The centering of the item works well here, as does the reflection, which echoes the smoke. One possible different approach might be a bit of either dodging on the left or burning on the right to make the background a bit more even. Congratulations.

A stunning phot and use of at hand materials, It has a noir/art deco effect achieved from both the black and white image and the lighting effect. The asymmetrical shadowing plays off the symmetry of the bottles. One slight suggestion might be a bit of dodging in one portion of the white area to the lower tight of the bottle. Congratulations on fourth place.

Very nicely arranged still life of masculine toiletries and props. I especially like the effect of the dried leaf and the little burs to soften the arrangement. A possible different approach might be to substitute a muted autumnal colour for the black back ground, possibly a dark brown or dark rust. Congratulations.