Thank you digitalknight..all i did was paint a pepper white and shoot it without flash and natural light from a window, black bristolboard background..burn and dodge for process and thats about it...it came out with a bit of a purple tinge I think but I do APPRECIATE your comments very much!
No photographers comments???? That's very disappointing.
You had it validated and they still beat you up cause they think you cheated - not the brightest bunch. I believed the validation and gave you the ten - I was just really hoping for some detail on how you did it, maybe a link to the straight from camera too?
It's not too late - you can edit your comments! :-)