Thanks Vel. for the crit. I appreciate the honesty.

I was hesitant to up the contrast in this image. Just because there is a lot of texture in this image, and my focus was more on the shapes and forms, rather than the textures that make the said forms. Plus there are some minor gradients that I didn't want to get rid of. I'll have to dabble with the use of gamma though.

I played with the cropping though, and your right, it could use some more of it. I actually liked it in a square format, so I'm glad you brought that up to my attention. I'm keeping it like this for now, as it would look odd as a square photo when the rest of the series photo's are in standard proportions.

Thank you again for saying something, I always find that critiques are important. These first few photo's are older, and taken with my older camera, so I'm leaving them as finished for now. But input like yours are useful for future shoots.