I don't think it's a  er  maybe it's because the background, I think, I'm just trying to  make up my mind why it loses a bit of interest, and I think what happens is, that the background being, having all this foliage which is lots of light pouring on er, all this sort of twiggery round here is  er picking up lots of highlights and that tends to detract from the  fairly plain shapes  and smooth surfaces  of the gourds.