Lady With Cigarette
by bvy

Comment by posthumous:
Nice use of shadow.

Lady With Cigarette
by bvy

Comment by idp:
interetsing - the tilt contributes a lot to this one 8

Pails
by bvy

Comment by colorcarnival:
thank goodness this is a gardner instead of a plumber :D I wonder what he's doing with all those pails. I thought it was snapshotish too but it does make the mind wonder...

Pails
by bvy

Comment by pointandshoot:
Your subconscious must have been locked in to the number seven to have spotted this. I'm sure I would have missed it. Wonderful!

Pails
by bvy

Comment by tnun:
ooh, nice set of comments! the posture of your stooge makes this. in fact I am reminded of possibly my favourite imogen cunningham photo of a woman sprawled in an ungainly and ordinary way on her sloping sidewalk weeding away underneath the shrubbery.

Classic Car
by bvy

Comment by tnun:
who'd have thought? they still making those? the quaker oats, I mean.

Classic Car
by bvy

Comment by wingyisleeds:
Amazing perspective and technique, love it.

Lady With Cigarette
by bvy

Comment by Paul:
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.

Positives: A good degree of mystery in this image - her context and how you (as a photographer) relate to the scene produces a degree of intrigue. The catchlights in her glasses are excellent.

Critical stuff: I'm really not a fan of images that depict smoking but that aside, the skewed vertical knocks the image out of whack to me and your processing has served up a somewhat flat looking image. I think a bolder contrast profile might work a little better.

Overall: Not one of my favourites but I respect the vision you had for this image.

Lady With Cigarette
by bvy

Comment by bmartuch:
I like the way she is partially in the shadows.,

Lady With Cigarette
by bvy

Comment by tanguera:
Very noir. Nice.