The shadow is in sharper focus than the blade edge which is supposed to be the focus...

I like this. It does have a wide DOF, but the tip of the blade is focused. It almost looks like the shadow is the blade and it cut a piece of paper.

yes, tip of the blade is focused ...... if you look closely ............

Quite the crowd she's gathered! Great color, focus and lighting. Nice job!

She certainly is the crowd pleaser Trivia fact: did you know that you can tell the males and females of these ducks (the Khakhi Campbells with the green heads) by their tail feather. The ones that have a 'curl' on his tail feathers is a male Slightly off track there but I couldn't help myself, they are a lovely duck.

Beautiful color, good luck!

blue duck !!! i have never seen a blue duck. Nice picture.. fit to theme.

The blue bird is a Pukeko;
The Pukeko, or New Zealand Swamp Hen is a member of the rail family, and is similar to other species found all over the world.

oh thanks for providing the information on that

very nice composition and DOF (bread looks yummy too)

Looks wonderful, wish I had a wife like that. Hope you did something nice for her.

Love the tones in this, nicely arranged - looks yum

very nice

Wow, love the composition and the grain adds extra "earthy flavour" on the overall image. Well done and all the best

Sorry author but here, there's no focussed zone. And more, your goblet is leaning to the left and too close to the left edge. Maybe you should have crop out the base of the glass because the important part is the smoke.

Are those dates or figs in the bread? It looks delicious. Very nice photo!

No, those are pitted olives . Very delicious indeed.