Lovely

The shadows make this picture more futuristic.

Simply beautiful....

wonderful lighting and detail, very nice work

Wonderful composition and lighting. I love the look of leather hard pottery, makes me want to get back to the wheel and start throwing again!!!

Pipped at the post again, well done Wind ... congratulations

Thank you

Its interesting these Chinese or Japanese signals

Very Nice.....Good shot...

the carvings look beautiful good luck

but this is close up, not macro, is it not!

The teapot is only 2 inches high so the image on screen is actually bigger than reality.

Author, macro is a 1x or life-size 1:1 ratio based on the image size on the sensor not the finished example...given that reasoning the image is bigger than the actual object, a billboard sized print of an entire bus would be macro too???

very beautiful color

Very nice. Good colors. I like how you can see the detail of the cracks. If you rotated it 180 degrees, it would almost look like a waterfall

Beautiful....

beautiful colors...

beautiful

nice color and detail, well done

Although shot with a macro lens, still more of a close-up than a true macro, lovely shot though, nice set-up...

By definition of link in rules:

What is Macro?
Macro, by definition, is photography at 1x magnification and above.

Considering the actual size of the figurine... this is a macro shot.

What is the size of the figurine?

Author, you are correct a macro is a 1x or 1:1 ratio, that means that it's the same size on the camera sensor as in real life...unless you are using a medium format (read Hassleblad) camera, a standard DSLR has an approx 18mmx24mm sensor...that figurine would HAVE to be less than 1 inch high??? Not trying to anger you...just making an observation...if it is that small, nicely done as I stated previously...the set-up is wonderful and the lighting is good also.

Not angered itsmymoment, not at all , sorry to have made that impression. As I am learning things and teaching myself this hobby i misunderstood the true definition of macro. Thank you for the compliment. The figurine's size is 2.5".

No problem author, then your actual ratio is in the area of 1:2 or 1:3, still in the macro range...for all purposes here I would guess, not all of the artists would have the equipment to make real macro's. Plus the real difficulty of this contest is finding something "interesting" enough on such a small scale on a ceramic figurine to shoot in macro!

very nice lighting, well done