Variations on a theme

Saturday morning, I got up early and happened to notice the way the sun was striking my kitchen table. I had already been thinking about taking photos of my old vintage teapot, and the time suddenly seemed right. I'm very pleased with this image.



And today I decided to play around with it in Photoshop Elements. Please click on each picture for a better look.









Which one is your favorite? The original color one, or one of my experimental variations?