Coronado Avenue Spa
by GeneralE

Comment by ndbryan38:
Clever title

Yeah, Neat : (
by GeneralE

Comment by Simpa:
great

Coronado Avenue Spa
by GeneralE

Comment by boydestroy:
a bit bright...

Coronado Avenue Spa
by GeneralE

Comment by doug61853:
nice creativity

Lead Singer
by GeneralE

Comment by Haneck:
I might suggest changing the pont of view a little, so the viewer can see a little more of the subject's face. Not bad though! Nice lighting.

Coronado Avenue Spa
by GeneralE

Comment by DefyTime:
That thing has seen some better days.

May I Take A Message?
by GeneralE

Comment by cornettcag:
Good idea.

Yeah, Neat : (
by GeneralE

Comment by ralfw:
Took me some moments to see the "belt"!!! Good play on words, extra point!

Lead Singer
by GeneralE

Comment by dunnewold:
3- i'd suggest an angle that shows more of her face. Could also benefit from softer lighting, though I understand flash was probably necessary here

Jonesing In The Dark
by GeneralE

Comment by Artifacts:
Positives:
Color and composition very good. Attention to detail is the strength of this image. You made it absolutely balanced top to bottom and side to side. That is something this viewer notices.

Technicals:
Technicals are strong. Sharpness excellent, brightly colored backlighting is very nice. Perhaps the weak lighting on the bottle labels hurt this in voting. Camera settings are A-OK.

The challenge:
Pop Culture is such a subjective concept that probably most images were viewed by some as dnmc. Hard to know if that is true in this case but likely given the precise viewpoints some voters assume. I generally vote the image and not the challenge so don't worry much about it.

Suggestions:
Only one suggestion - Either add some front lighting directed at the labels and/or brighten them in post processing.

For an experiment you might consider adding a 50% greyscale layer and painting with a 'vivid light' white and/or brown brush of about 8-10% opacity over the labels to make them stand out more. That might have a dramatic impact of the overall viewr interst in the composition. The labels are just a little to dark as they are.