[ S MO K E D ]by
ericwooComment: "I like the composition and the minimalistic image you have presented here, but the subject matter suffers from commonality here on DPC. There are a lot of
dandelions MATCHES & SMOKE on DPC. In fact, I think I've even seen a few with the same type of
blown SWIRLING SMOKE technique. Something seems off to me with the lighting. The highlights seem a little too harsh AS I CANNOT REALLY SEE MUCH OF THE DETAILED GRAINS IN THE WOOD AS I WOULD LIKE, AND THE SMOKE CLOUD ON THE RIGHT IS NOT PARTICULARLY APPEALING." ;)
Sound vaguely familiar? They say "our sins look especially bad when we see them in someone else."
-Seriously, I do like your composition, and congrats on the nice finish. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my entry (thumbnail below), but please realize, there are few original ideas each week on DPC (and I do put THE TWO OF US at the top of the list that are NOT particularly original).
When I do mimic something, I TRY to make some element(s) of it unique or at least execute it better than has been done before, as I'd like to think I have done in my entry this week, and as you have in yours.
I'm sure I could point to numerous similar examples of each photo of page one that have been entered before.
Good luck on future challenges.
Stan
Message edited by author 2009-09-23 10:16:47. 
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