The guitar could use a little shadow, looks like it's floating, otherwise very nice work. LOL@the grape NeHi!

i like the way you put it all together but I think it would help if you increased the lighting in the corner and on the pendelum. Images project depth by progressing from light to dark or dark to light to depict increasing distance. The 3d effect is created by placing selected forground lighting to contrast in the background and selected backgroud lighting to highlight forground objects. If you increased the corner lighting then added a table shadow it would enhance the visibilty of the whole image. I would also add lighting to the pendelum and give it a shadow. and add shadows to the fruit on the table and to the table cloth on the carpet.
Great job.

Thank you for your feedback rob170. However, there are three lights in the scene. Plus an IBL. I can see 2 of them on my pendulum. There is even a little shadow on the pendulum from the clock. The grapes are casting a soft shadow on the table and plenty of shadows on the other fruit. I didn't want light in the corner. Its darkness, handless clock, the uneven lines and odd distortion of the overall picture give it the unnerving quality that I was looking for. But I do agree, that the table cloth could cast a better shadow on the floor! But can you honestly look at my image in high res and deny that the 3D affect has been achieved?

Update: I have resubmitted my image with legal source images. I have also fixed the table cloth. Its edges were below the carpet so that it mixed in with the carpet instead of casting a shadow from above it. The original original image did not have a carpet in it at all.

Hi, rob170. The assignment required the image to be 4000 x 3000 and then we looked at it on a projector that actually makes everything look a lot darker than it is! And this came across pretty well. It does kinda suck that you can't see the whole thing in hi res. But the detail is just too good at that res. I guess I could submit something a little less, but I don't want to. The linear work flow: gamma correction, sRGB makes the color more correct. Monitors brighten texture beyond their reality so when you print them they don't look the way you expect them to. We're going to make printed posters of our still lifes at the end of the semester.

And thank you, again, for your feedback. It is GREATLY appreciated.

Good work!

Thanks loopyluv!

Looks good, great job.

Thank you Akasa!

3d work is difficult. working with Blender which has such an unfriendly user interface is an act of courage. very good work. now I'm sure will shall see better and better blender works. good luck.

@Billyboy. Blender is pretty hard at times. But so much of it is keyboard hotkey memorization. I've never used any other 3D program, so I can't compare it at all. But a lot of it is so intuitive to me now it gets easier and easier. (Except for faces!) Thank you for the comments!

Nice!

Congrats for your first place, Downofthedragon!

Thank you Lelaina. I don't really think it's fair because apparently I'm the only one using blender on this site. But with only 3 entries everyone got top places!