I'll play - and I'll also match William's acorn awards to the winner - so consider the prizes doubled.
My submission is different from those so far in that the background's not so much a backdrop, but a part of the meal for the eye, too.
That one worked well full-frame, but it's cropped to a 4:5 ratio for printing. Cannot find the full frame right now.
This one is not my submission for the contest, but more at the same point...the background as part of the art rather than an innocuous backdrop:
And I don't mean, at all, to disparage clean backgrounds. I value them and go for them often. Mostly, I wanted to provide a contrast.
