I like this.... but it looks to be leaning a little.

bandit...you're praising the 'master' of lighting here...yea, he's good (an understatement!)

OK. First, the mood you have created is phenomenal! I feel it to the point I literally have goosebumps....REALLY.
Subtle but to the point without over kill.
The same goes for the title. Which is perfect btw.
The old school phone - Nice touch. I love your expression. And by all the smoke, you must have a lot of patients.
The lighting and composition of course is great. I could go on and on!
I am inspired!

A-m-azing!! ))

ps> you might want to wok more on them printed dollars - they might get you in trouble with the local authorities! )

dude... this photo is sick....

Thank you for the dedication my friend...good to 'see' you again!

ya i agree with kyricom but it would be more difficult to balance with more creativity in such theme.. but it would be more impressive though if you could have done what kyricom said. still it so nice with good balance

Achooo...sorry. Beautiful entry.

Nice shot... but you need to do that pour the wine and fill the lower glasses with the overflow thing

congrats, well done

really pretty image.. Now slap the waitress that dropped the berry LOL

Very pretty! Great dof utilized here.

This is great, The only thing I'd say, is that the Strawberry on the left draws my attention over the main strawberries. I wouldn't have worried too much about the 'at least 75% of your picture' . I believe simplicity would have settled nicely here. Anyhow, Great job author

Ohhh Duh! I knew that. But did you forget about the green

Author I guess I must be uninformed but how are you able to determine what percentage of white there is in this image?

otherwise, great set up and great picture and lighting.

I think you should have removed the hat. The first thing I thought of when I looked at this was that she looked like a witch on halloween sitting down for tea. Possibly another hat would have made this look like tea time but because she looks like a witch, it just doesn't seem to fit -- in my opinion at least.

excelent................congratulation for first place!

excelent................congratulation for first place!

Very nice -- great lighting and compsition

Awesome lighting - I am sorry you don't have running water in your part of the world though lol

An other fantastic self portrait. I'm in awe.

excellent shot!

I like how it tells a story

Wow...this is so beautifully done...such warmth and it is so inviting!!!!!

wonderful light

Awesome - love the light on the smoke

great shot

a lovely feel to this one.

Outstanding! A touch of Tom Waits too! My hat off to you, author!

Very nice. I like the parallelism of the tracks and road

great shot... need the stanza/lines from the song in the description though

all that is missing is the headlights on the car, which should be on as it is in a tunnel.

Nice Job Congrats

Wonderful

I love the whole edgy look of this, really relays the essence of the song!! Great job!!

Great !!

Great shot.

Fabulous urban landscape.

did you use star filter for this?? nice effect..

Excellent first entry for the theme... and train trails too... bonus!

I think it's just the hightlights in the curtains that is too bright, try pulling them back a bit.

the table to me looks like its going to fold foward, but still very nice.

great setup, but I find the curtains on the left distracting., makes it very hard t see what is going on.

Love, love this! Did I mention I love this??

His book should be on fire Great shot

Your entries always stand out and the fact that you share your technique is extremely unselfish. Great shot. Gotta go and light my smoke.

Awesome capture - thanks for the tips

Very creative lighting and lovely composition too

Near perfect