Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by bongo:
Good idea...too shallow depth of field.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by hannafate:
This is a rather vague image. Reproduced in a paper, it would become unintelligible.
The idea is good, but more butt, less ashtray, and moreof the image in focus would illustrate it better. Keep taking pictures!

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by NicNic101:
very interesting shot! i like how you focused on the butt, but i think there is too much of the blurry ashtray in the pic. cut it down a tad! very creative!

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by pitsaman:
Just by looking at the photo,can't tell what is going on,it looks like piece of glass abstract 3.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by siggi:
hard to make out what the picture is of.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by martinaw:
Maybe a little TOO close-up, you have to look twice to see what it is. Other than that, well done.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by djscarrd:
Took me about 1 second to figure out what that is without looking at your title. You'd want the viewer to notice what it is once he first looked at it. Maybe if you took the photo with more of the cigarette and without the ash tray blocking parts of it then it would be a better photo.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by melismatica:
This is far to abstract for journalism. Journalism (ideally) requires clarity in order to inform a wide public. I would argue that even if it were a beautifuly focused shot of the ashtray and smouldering butt that it would lack relevance to the story without a human element. Still lifes do not make good journalism. So in that respect I would say that it fails to meet the challenge.

From a strictly photographic POV, I find the depth of field far to shallow to really draw me in. The tiny bit of in-focus subject is unappealing to me and as an abstract there aren't really any dramatic or beautiful shapes, forms, lines, or colors created by the blurring.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by Kolya:
Good use of depth of field, and nice tones in the black and white. Perhaps some smoke trailing would have added some more impact to this "discarded" cigarette. Also maybe slightly more of it in view would be easier to understand.

Toronto smoke-free bars. June 1st.
by lethe

Comment by superdave_909:
Kinda hard to tell what we are looking at. maybe zoom out a bit, show it smoking, or maybe a hand putting it out? Just some thoughts!