Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the constructive criticism. It’s hard to learn when everyone just tells you "good job" I have some excuses as to the shape but I wont go into that. I struggle with design but its getting better with each one. I think I will start using a picture to get a better feel for it. I am fine if I have something to look at.
Stuart I will take some more shots of it tomorrow. It looks a lot less like a space ship in person. I think you hit it on the head. The pic is too close.
Glad to see you took the comments in the spirit in which they were given. For me, I rely on the comments of others to help me improve. I'd rather have people tell me what they don't like (and why) than have people lining up to say "nice form and finish." Like Stu said, it's hard to know how much to tell someone...we don't want to discourage people, but don't want to blow sunshine up their skirt, either.
If someone says something like "Comments and critiques are welcome", then I don't hold back as much.
I agree with Stu on the picture suggestion. I'd suggest looking at pictures you like on this forum and others, and seeing how much of the background is still visible in the frame. My general rule of thumb is I try to have the object in the photo use up about 2/3 of the width of the frame, with the other 1/3 divided between the two sides as "free space". Then I try to roughly match that "free space" on the top and bottom of the object as well. (Or a little less, depending on the shape.) I usually take my shots with more "free space" than I need, then crop the picture to adjust the "free space" as needed. I do find, though, on my bigger pieces it's sometimes not possible to get as much space as I'd like...they've outgrown my backdrop and photo tent. (I have a bigger tent, but I need to order a bigger backdrop.)
I'm sure this piece has less of a UFO look in person, and forms are always subjective. What appeals to some people might not to others. The only way to find out which ones
you like is to try a bunch of them, just like most of us here have done.
I know I'm still figuring it out for myself. I like the shape of my 4th hollow form better than my 44th, but each one is part of the learning process.