is it me or is it..... just a little .... to the .... oh never mind !!!!!

Great shot.

Too good ! Location, model and wings. Perfect !

I like the almost glowing effect on the skin. Was this purely because of the lighting or done through a contract adjustment, cos it doesnt look like it has affected the rest of the image.

Wonderful job by the way, I'd just love to know how you achieved the look

Bit of dodging aye what. Great image.

Thanks guys, in answer to you question it's all of the above lol. I took careful consideration to lighting on this one, the balcony was well lit, but to get the girl to pop more I used a speedlite with a soft box. Then I pulled it into lightroom, used curves to bring up the lights and then used the noise filter (which does an incredible job of smoothing skin). Then some very minimal dodging and it's done

Beautiful

Great job!

Thanks for the great explanation author, always need these insights from good photographers so one day I can hope to produce images like these.

Great picture !!!

Great magic indeed! Well done author!!!

lovely

Thank you Friiskiwi

something about this that I really like

Congratulations on 2nd place, it's a beautiful photograph.

Nice Congrats

Nice finding. GL author

Great capture of an interesting sculpture. Can you tell us more about the sculpture?

Glad to answer your question Friiskiwi
The sculpture is situated on the door of Santa Maria degli Angeli's Church, in Rome.
You can find more information about this church (one of the most beautiful in Rome) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_degli_Angeli_e_dei_Martiri

Thanks, very beautiful indeed, next time I get to Rome...

nice Congrats

lovely

Thanks friiskiwi

very touching, angel with a soul

I would have cropped off the right up to the pillar. Great find.

Thank you k5683. May be you're right, but I didn't want the wing to be to close to the edge

Great shot, not an angel I'd like to meet.

I would have loved to see the levels adjusted on this one