but is it creative?

You should have at least straitened the horizon....

Fantastic

Nice shot, and good advice.

Can you explain to common mortals how you made this shot?

I'll send you a private message, as I don't want to tell everybody before the competition ends.

Oh ! Send one pm to me also !

Me too please.

Yes yes, same here, please, cause this is an awesome capture, love it.

lol author it may be easier just to post it here! But while your at it, would you please let me in on the wonderful secret as well?

O.K. due to popular demand, I will share.
Smoke photographed against a black background. Normal raw processing, Then in Photoshop; check with curves and sharpness
Finally invert the image. It's that simple, but very effective.

Cool... we can do that? Awesome!

from the guideline---->'The only editing should be cropping'......hmmm

As a general rule, you are allowed to all adjustments which act on the whole picture and on exactly one picture (a.k.a. non selective editing). This includes:

- 6.2.: Curves
- 6.5.: Color adjustments/shifting
- 6.10.: Sharpness
- 6.13.: Camera raw editing

seems legal.

Yes i know that...what i mean is from the contest goal...hmm

I feel that if you start having different rules for each contest, it would be plain silly. And even if that is the case it said;
"The only editing should be cropping", SHOULD not MUST

'The only editing should be cropping'. The word 'ONLY' seems to limit the editing.

Ncie color capture! GL!

great idea and execution.

I suppose, technically, these are holes, although some will argue they are just rings! Nicely executed shot, well done.

True but what is a smoke ring? A cloud of smoke with a hole in the middle of it perhaps

I won't argue. Nice shot GL!

i wont argue neither great shot !

Congrats for your third place, Locksmagic!

Well done on winning 3rd place, a great effort.

I'm glad this placed. It's awesome. Congrats!