Initial thoughts/My opinion Great stuff, very well composed. Like the use of inverting the picture.
Content/Composition Very well made! I especially like the ratio between the small cigarette and the large smoke and how you positioned the cigarette and the smoke along the diagonal.
Also, as it has been already mentioned by others, the use of negative space is great.
The only flaw I can think of is the darker portion of smoke at the lower right: elsewhere one has the feeling to see almost the whole smoke and only small portions have already faded out of the frame, but at the lower right the "thick" smoke is cut, so the viewer knows that there is more smoke around.
But this is really a minor issue.
Camera work -technically Everything done as it should be: exposure and focus is right (judged it by inverting the image back).
Digital Processing - Technical Inverting the image was a very good idea: it does not look unnatural, but gives it a final kick. That the inversion results directly in a sepia was a surprise to me. The border works very well too.
Fits the challenge Of course it does and I hope you still keep your resolution (unless you didn't ever smoke at all). I tried to stop this year, but I failed.
im not so surprised with the results, but you dont deserved the 12th place rankin...ozaibak is absolute right...you deserved to be on the top, excellent shot.
Sorry to say it but you got robbed. This definately deserved to be in the top 3 in my opinion, unfortunately the majority of people's tastes on this site seem to be a little strange...
the most creative & best shot out of ALL the quit smoking shots, I too was going to do somethign along these lines but couldnt think of anything fuc. Love the speia tone & the border is very comlimentary. 9
Nice effect. Good luck with breaking the habit. After the challenge I'd like to know how you set up the photo. I haven't had very good luck with capturing smoke.
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