Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by grayo:
smoke???

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by KarenNfld:
You broke a lightbulb then turned it on? The smoke looks very cool.

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by Louisa:
Smoke from a burnt out lightbulb?

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by aplomb76:
Coming off the smoke challenge, I really don't want to see another one of these, but your angel slant serves it well. It looks like a ghost or big foot photo. 7

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by Lutchenko:
looks like smoke off a lighbulb filament

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by ThingFish:
Lovely whatever it is ( a flame..smoke of some kind..perhaps a kind of flower..

Angelic
by ShutterPug

Comment by ti_evom:
No vote, just guessing...

smoke?

Free Ride
by ShutterPug

Comment by posthumous:
For this thread: //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=842215

I'm glad you centered it. There's a disturbing trend at DPC to put subjects off-center against blank backgrounds. By doing so, you make emptiness part of the composition. One should only do this if the subject is somehow interacting with emptiness, which is rarely the case.

Most of the pleasure of this image comes from thinking, "wow, that must have been hard to do." After all, the frog is perfectly positioned, the details are good and sharp except for the back tire area. This sort of technical expertise is good enough for 5.9 and in general competes well in a challenge, when people are thinking in terms of effort. Outside of a challenge, however, people will be wanting more. They'll wonder why there's no background to complete the illusion of frog on a motorcycle. They might even start thinking about why a frog would ride a motorcycle, or how a frog might feel while riding a motorcycle. A background could go a long way toward giving viewers something to think about.

web_0236.jpg
by ShutterPug

Comment by h2:
very interesting scenery. If I could be there, I'd try to get closer, use a wide-angle lens and have someone pose on the deck....

Sophia #002
by ShutterPug

Comment by h2:
excellent pet portrait.granted, real bling would fit her aristocratic expression better