Spinning Wheel
by buzzrock

Comment by buzzrock:
Thanks Everyone!
My goal was to get into the the top 10, and I did!
Now I guess I set my limits higher..

Thanks so much for all the votes and comments!!

This made my day/week/month, lol

Where I like To Hang Out At Night!
by buzzrock

Comment by joannadiva:
pandering to your audiance.....I like that

Where I like To Hang Out At Night!
by buzzrock

Comment by OneSweetSin:
I love it, just shows how many of us hang out here =o) Little blurry but cool concept

My Last Smoke?
by buzzrock

Comment by Kali:
See this is where you're messing up... you can't call it your last cuz then you're doomed to fail and once you fail you feel guilty and smoke. You just have to not think about it and then eventually the smell will make you nauseous, as with me. 2.5 years without now and I have NO desire to smoke ever again. It's SO nice to breathe again :) Good luck!
BTW, the sephia adds to the tarry look and feel, good choice. If I could vote on this i'd give it a 7.

Spinning Wheel
by buzzrock

Comment by cazza:
love the colours and compostition, cool effect created as the wheel's spinning too :o)

My Last Smoke?
by buzzrock

Comment by sagestudio:
Let's hope so. : )

Spinning Wheel
by buzzrock

Comment by jillz:
Nice use of motion to conver speed. I wish the bottom of your wheel was not cropped out of the frame. Excellent lighting.

My Last Smoke?
by buzzrock

Comment by Alpine99:
you spoiled some of this by giving me the question.. still liked the image

My Last Smoke?
by buzzrock

Comment by KevinRiggs:
Wow.

Nice take on this challenge. Personalized, off center, good use of colors/tones, love the depth of field.

This shot may be my favorite for this contest. The composition of the image is as close to flawless as I wiould be able to distinguish and the creatively personal approach implies vulnerability that aids the viewer (or at least this viewer) to put himself/herself into the place of the artist. Having never smoked but had friends who smoked for years; this captures the essence of a question that I can understand; namely, am I strong enough this time to do what I say I want to do. The subject could have as easily been a spoon of ice cream (gluttonous) or a used condom (lonliness) to express the very human question of why we perpetuate self-defeating behaviors when we say we want to stop them.

Good job.

Bad Luck With Bubblegum
by buzzrock

Comment by marbo:
Should have scored better. You were robbed.