Lightly Orchidaceae
by Ammie

Comment by posthumous:
good dramatic angle and light. Adding the context of the window elevates this above most flower entries.

Lightly Orchidaceae
by Ammie

Comment by bmartuch:
Go to the light. Great shot.

Calmative
by Ammie

Comment by cutout:
is it? 8

Calmative
by Ammie

Comment by vawendy:
I do like this one. I'm such an anti-smoking person that it gives me the willies. (though I think that smoking pictures can be interesting. I wish there were some tendrils of smoke coming out the mouth or the nose!)

Anyway -- my first thoughts were just negative because of the my reactions to smoking. But then I thought about people saying that it relaxed them. Not something that I could relate to.

And then I thought how interesting it was to have the juxtaposition of it making me uncomfortable and relaxing her.

The crop is uncomfortable. The negative space on the right unnecessary. Yet again, it really gives such a push and pull on this image.

When I first started DPC, I would have given it a 5. Now it's an 8.5. Since I can't do the half, rounding up to 9 for a bold statement.

17.30 7-XII 1950
by Ammie

Comment by Ivory:
I really like the use of the sepia tones, congratulations on your top 10 image.

17.30 7-XII 1950
by Ammie

Comment by tanguera:
I feel like I"m looking into the past :)

Maternity
by Ammie

Comment by bvy:
I like it though I feel a little motion blur. A nice moment just the same.

Ruffled or Serene
by Ammie

Comment by jomari:
Well done. Top 3.

17.30 7-XII 1950
by Ammie

Comment by WonderDude:
Clever use of mild bokeh to give this depth.

Ruffled or Serene
by Ammie

Comment by clickodak:
Very artistic. Give 7