nicely done, love the choice of the BG and the simplicity of the set-up, great entry

flash got a bit too harsh in this enty and washed out much of the color, if you're able in the future, try bouncing the flash off the ceiling or another surface to diffuse the light a bit more and keep the color and tone

wonderful, very nice lighting

nicely done author, very good entry.

wonderful shot and set-up, great work author

nicely done! great set-up and shot

simply beautiful. great tones as usual, wonderful photo

although it's definitely on topic author, I night have done something different with either the angle or the framing of the water bottle to make the shot stand out a bit. for a contest of this level it just appears a bit too much like a standard snap-shot.

Author, I rather like the HDR quality of the shot and have to say it's a good entry, although it could be argued about the surroundings, I believe it to be an excellent photo and on topic...well done

Actually, I'm rather amazed at the sharp foreground and bottle, i have been trying a bit of IR lately and everything on my camera gets kinda "soft and noisy" nothing is as sharp as this...author, any tips?

Funnay! Would make a great postcard or humor birthday card front...Love it

Nicely done, great portrait

Great time, mood and tones, well done!

Perhaps a bit of fill flash in the future to brighten up the face under such a large brim...just a suggestion, but kool hat!

Nicely done, looks like it's launching!

That is just, well, kool!

nicely done, great thinking

OK...(not pushing)...I believe it WAS taken with an IR filter,a nd depending on the frequency of the filter ie...720nM or 650, 900 and so fourth, depends on which colors are blocked and "allowed".

Fantastic in every way...I think karaflazz has covered it all and I wholly agree, just great

Nice to finally meet you! Thanks for all the great comments over the past months...

Stunning...

OH WOW! Holy Cow! Finally, there he is!...nice to meet you author..

Great work here, love it

great set-up and funny as heck!

very nice to meet you, thanks for all the thoughtful insights and comments, GL Nicely done entry BTW

nice to meet you author and your good friend...thanks for all the lovely comments and thoughts, always appreciated!

What can I say other than it's a beautiful shot! wonderful and nice to meet you

nicely done, but again...no face??? when will see the 'real' you author???

agrees with kyricom...make up is sometimes just over photoshopping for the face, nice to meet you author and welcome

Nice to meet you author! Good entry and yes, I believe he is thinking of his next great entry! LOL

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

wazzzzzz uuppppppp!!!! Great shot BTW!

Great to meet the man behind so many great shots and inspirational comments...love the simplicity, and nice to finally meet you!

Agrees w/ Ade, would have loved to see a bit more of you author...

Yes, a challenge to another entry indeed, but, personally, I like this one better...the execution and idea was great!

As if I had to vote to know for certain who this was with that great lighting and set-up! Another great entry author! and GREAT to finally put a face to all those wonderful entries...Thank you for all of the inspirational works over the past year

nice idea and angle, hello there author!

Welcome and LOVE the camera, I have a collection of over 20 older cameras and have a few like this one....great shot and thanks for re posting!

great make up and angle, cropping is different and done well, nice work

very nice interpretation, good shot too. GL author, nicely done

OH My! Great to finally 'meet' you!!! Looking very cold indeed...

Fingerprints....heh, heh...! LOL!

Im coming for you my friend! i'm a big BlackBerry fan also. nicely composed and a great (tasty) Idea! well done

Very nice author! I knew this one!!! great job and different

nicely done...from one firefighter to another, keep up the great work.

Great! That's funny...

nice perspective and different, well done author!

Nice to finally 'meet' you...great shot author and a lovely scene.

Author, this appears as an overdone HDR...although HDR isn't really against the guidelines of the photography contests, this one appears to have a "fake" look to it and your camera appears to have some really serious dust contamination. I have a quick tip, upload and submit your best work to do well in the contests and read the guidelines for submissions carefully and you should do well. This is a beautiful shrine, but this photo, IMO doesn't really do it justice...

nicely done and different, great portrait and nice to 'meet' you author