Almost a Kiss
by pearlseyes

Comment:
mmm nice

Walk on the Wild Side
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
watch out!!! there's a deer behind ya mate!!

Birthday Wish
by Jutilda

Comment:
good photo

Framed and Captured
by cns

Comment:
good photo

harsh reality
by whiteroom

Comment:
cool process :)

Cabaret
by Shermy

Comment:
4th place! HA.... HA.... HA!

fuuuck.jpg
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
what the feuuck

Bearhug
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
Amazing my friend... and what a beautiful looking girl.

Symmetry
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh PARIS!!!!

Allure
by TOY

Comment:

Originally posted by OmanOtter: Interesting difference of opinion re: the cigarette. I wonder if it breaks down along national lines. Europeans, especially French, still smoke like chimneys; whereas, in the U.S., the rights of non-smokers are defended more vigorously. Personally, I agree that the cigarette in this picture takes a sexy woman and makes her undesirable. (She would smell bad; and kissing her would be like licking an ashtray). Toyan: I think it's odd that you didn't mark the anti-cigarette comments as helpful, since it gives you insight into the range of reactions to your photo. They're not comments against you. Personally, I oppose making cigarettes look sexy. That's how you get young people started on that awful habit. And it feeds the stock prices of the big tobacco corporations who manipulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to create the addiction. Anyway, my final comment relates to the first thing I noticed in the pic: how come there's no smoke coming from the cigarette? Is it really lit? Just curious.

OK... "Personally, I oppose making cigarettes look sexy. That's how you get young people started on that awful habit": you are making such a big deal out of it. Seriously mate, there is not a single movie in which Nicolas Cage isn't smoking. He is American and he plays in American movies (Brad Pitt is also having fun with ciggies in many many of his movies).
Here is where I want to get: The comon point between photography and cinema is ART. No matter what you do with it, the cigarette has always been an utmost important accessory until today, and it's a fact.
Answer to your last question: Yes it is a real cigarette but there wasn't smoke coming out in this particular shot. I had her smoking probably 10 ciggies but I eventually chose that picture. Shame isn't it ;)