You have use a very similar picture in the past author =/

Yeah i know. But i thought it was worth a try I'll let the mods decide.

The skin is so smooth, how did you accomplish that?

4 kgs of makeup and a bit of Photoshop.

what tools did you use in PS?

Gee.... photoshop in the photography contests?! NO!

@Adein: gaussian blur and a mix of blendingmodes.

just wanted to know........... I knew it would be nothing illegal....

great piece...GL author

Congrats for your second place, Lodd!

Congrats

A different direction of the light source would make miracles in this photo.
As it looks you fire the flash straight to the model.
Try to fire the flash with an different angle than that.
Slightly forwards will reveal more of your models arm & weight.
Slightly backwards will create a beautiful border around the hand & weight.
It's up to you off course!
The way it is right now is too dark...NOT a bad photo but too dark (IMHO).
Good luck author!

nice

Nice shot, just a tad bit dark.

@ author, your picture can only contain red and greyscale colors.

@Mod: I'll fix it. don't remove this yet

That is one great shot...she looks scary!

bravo