Wow.
Nice take on this challenge. Personalized, off center, good use of colors/tones, love the depth of field.
This shot may be my favorite for this contest. The composition of the image is as close to flawless as I wiould be able to distinguish and the creatively personal approach implies vulnerability that aids the viewer (or at least this viewer) to put himself/herself into the place of the artist. Having never smoked but had friends who smoked for years; this captures the essence of a question that I can understand; namely, am I strong enough this time to do what I say I want to do. The subject could have as easily been a spoon of ice cream (gluttonous) or a used condom (lonliness) to express the very human question of why we perpetuate self-defeating behaviors when we say we want to stop them.
Good job. |