Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by Reuben:
This shot really fulfills the challenge. The smoke rising makes me automatically breathe deeper to inhale the fragrance. Focus could be better.

Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by vtruan:
a bit overexposed. especially on the sticks.

Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by LindaLee:
Not entirely crazy about the incense burner in the shot, I think I might have preferred to see just the incense sticks, but it's really the smoke in this shot that captured my attention - it has a nice soft "ephemeral" feel to it that is very appealing. You managed to perfectly capture the wonderful sinuous look of the smoke without giving it hard edges. Very nicely done. I do like your composition, and the border treatment.

Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by Natator:
Great job on capturing the smoke there as it is very tricky to do well.

Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by CraigD:
too much noise in the background.

Lotus fragrance
by rhipster

Comment by moodville:
I like that you've used the entire frame for the shot. The black background makes everything stand out nicely. The purple smoke is interesting and fairly well lit. The burner only has a very small section on the top where the light seems a little too bright but it's not very distracting. I'm not sure about the border. At the bottom the golden color matches the burner, but around by the purple smoke it draws attention away from it a little.

A good citizen : don't think, don't ask, keep your blinders
by rhipster

Comment by Anachronite:
lighting seems to straight on... kind of harshly lit

A good citizen : don't think, don't ask, keep your blinders
by rhipster

Comment by librodo:
Very sharp. What with the dark background? Almost perfect black but there is a distracting scratch at the back.

A good citizen : don't think, don't ask, keep your blinders
by rhipster

Comment by unikorn:
haha nice fly - eye glasses...

A good citizen : don't think, don't ask, keep your blinders
by rhipster

Comment by jmritz:
And donĂ¢€™t propagandize about it. You now are not a good citizen. Great idea. One of my favorites.