Beautiful..

very nice shot

Damn author!!! If you're trying to score bonus points with the guys, it's working!

lovly picture

Nice sexy shot without the naughty flare ( darn ), it's in the eyes I believe.

thanks everyone

Beautiful

hello nice to meet you! well done..

ta linda

Fantastic image...i see story behind this shot...well done author

Incredible b/w tones but the thing that really rocks me is the movement of this static picture.





The shine on the earing is great...






Ok, the girl is very beautiful too

Author. Please bear in mind that no refenece to yourself should be made in your entries, as this breaks the anonymity rules. As saying this is a self portrait breaks those rules, I would request you change the title of the entry.

chill..

a very regular pattern, what are we seeing here?

LOL, bike light in the garage using a manual exposure, and the tracer pattern is what you are looking at. It has a strobe setting and that is the reason for the dashes.

I think you over adjusted...Other than the minor noise issue...I actually preferred the original, the color and detail really made it stand out author..I'm not so certain about the adjusted one here...perhaps a happy medium?

IMO - this is much better author....more color and detail back into it, dramatic, but not overly darkened as the other, well done

...but...is it safe????
I though of it some times but then i said....
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

@karaflazz - it was a little scary but it all worked out ok. I did end up checking the bag every 2 seconds though to check for leaks.

Perfectly on theme! GL!

very nice........

well done!!!

Good work!!

Good work!!

And also congrats for your third place!

Is it a bird....?
Is it a plane....?
It's super authoooooor!!!

wow..

thanks friends..

Yes it was, very nice!

Yes it was, very nice!

Simply great the lengths we sometimes go to just for the right look, well done author!

thanks for the appreciation James.. and Yes I agree with you on the 'right look' thing..

I love the effect, the sunlight behind you! I figure how difficult it was to get the right time to jump, counting the seconds... It's also interesting to imagine the people in the background looking at you and thinking: "what the hell is that guy doing?" It's a really really nice shot!