This is most artistic, meaning it touches the viewer on a deeper level than just a snapshot. We can see you made this photograph, not just took it. The colour palette is magnificent. The beiges of the hand, the buttons and soft pops of beige in the tablecloth really accentuate the whole image. Furthermore, the photo is sharp, very nicely contrasted, well exposed, easy to "digest". I like the soft touch of gradient tool around the edges (or did you vignette) it sexily and subtley hold our eyes in your presentation and we stay and enjoy the journey. Very lovely upload...a potential winner, dare I say!

Thanks Olga. I did add a vignette because the white flower on the top right of the material looked too bright white from the light coming through the window. I had to do something to lead the eye more toward the centre and vignettes seem to do that job perfectly.

Congrats Angel, very nice

Congrats!

Congratulations,

Congrats SkyAngel.

Thank you very much everyone.

I really like the ingenuity behind this posting. It is well thought out and you have sharpness as well as blur showing movement. It is raining buttons...s l o w l y .... not quite downpour but a shower nonetheless.
Colour affects us carbon based bipeds and the blue signifies a cool shower maybe even intermingled with snow (big smile). There is a significant shadow behind hand on our L side and I have a feeling that a more cohesive and seamless black background would have strengthened this image. I do like it a lot and it made me smile.

This very clever upload reminds me that maybe we could have a contest called IDIOMS for here the first thing that popped into my mind was "button up your lips". I love your thought processes that went into constructing this shot. A well taken photo however I am somewhat bothered by the red smudges particularly on the R side (viewer's side) and her upper lip...but sometimes lipstick DOES smudge. Thank you for inspiring us with this post. I'm going to write to the mods and ask for an IDIOMS contest....

love it. super

very good, bravo

Love the angle...adds a lot more interest!