Charles,
A further development in your series of photographs of this instrument. Mandolin 1620 might mean something to a musician or else to you, but not to me. However, it is something like the name of a train one gets to know.
I like this picture as it is.
Of course, I also agree whith Don, that including part of the complementary curves of the mandolin would be interesting too. Perhaps even more so. However, I must accept that Paul has done that and does not wish to show that.
My impression, taking the mandolin series as a whole, that Charles is examining just portions of the instrument's possible representations. I am impressed by the meticulous dedication here.
The full value or not of this photograph will be seen only down the road when we look back on the entire body of work as this particular instanceappears to be one frame in a larger story.
Asher