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manuComment by eschelar: Ouch. I happened to be around for the turnover, had fifteen minutes and a hundred pics not voted on. Tried to get some votes in in the last few minutes.
This pic was the last one I voted on. I gave a comment and a 10. Didn't make it in the vote. Sorry.
I really liked this picture for a couple of reasons. Mood and Colour.
The colour is excellent. It definitely looks to me like you have used coloured paper with some wrinkles in it. I would say it's pretty likely that someone has been learning from our recent spate of colour and contrast challenges. The colour to me is strong enough to provide context for the lighting, which is very good for this shot.
Those two elements plus the wrinkles in the paper give the pic a mood. I felt it looked like a cocktail brewed up in some Mexican bar, with a somewhat patchy wall behind. I don't know if these were your intents, but that's what hit me when I first saw this pic.
My cousin grew up in Costa Rica and he told me of a bar down there that had this drink (an 8-layered tall glass affair) that if you could drink it in less than 5 minutes and walk a straight line out the door, the bar would pick up your entire tab. There's something special about those Tico drinks.
Nice job.
