wow...this is so cool...gl

Love the black and white for this one.

Great idea! I love this

pickin' up chicks on the subway! ;-p

very good

I hate to say this but the reason for the screen shot is to show that you only had one step to this and that is applying only a filter. Your final image is different than your screenshot so you must have applied another step somewhere. This is a great effect but it was only supposed to be ONE step, no other adjustments at all.

Wonderful shot! Beautiful color!

Very nice choice for this filter!

Lovely dreamlike quality to this one, very beautiful

Great pick for the flower, and nice dof = )

Very beautiful! I'm waiting for mine like this to bloom... at least I think they are like this.

love the pink tones

So are they yours? OR did you just slip into a guitar shop and snap a few?

beautiful!

"Only the key(s) should be visible in your macro... which means no photos of a laptop, piano or typewriter, etc.."

They probably meant to include a phone too. Even though it's defocused, I can still see it.

neat idea, just wish we had more DOF

Very good detail!

very nice.

Very nice!! So yea, what friiskiwi said!

Congrats on first place, this is such a beautiful image.

beautiful, lovely lines and tones.

She looks like 17 going 47. Maybe is the light...right..

Lol...I suppose smoking is her 'activity'

See - perfect candidate for smoking aging you prematurely

if this is a teen, she must have a very long paper round............lol

Yeah... 'cause it's sure ok for those people in their mid-20's to do it

she looks more in her late 20's. i smoke, but im 25 and if this is a teen she shouldnt be.

Stunning

HEY! I smoke.... wait I am pretty dumb so I'll go with that. LOL

I agree with jeaniblog. She could be an attractive young woman... too bad she advertises her ignorance with that ugly stick hanging out of her mouth

great work

Stunning effect achieved for the light....GL Author....

Great Job Author!!!! And what a great light saber..".May the Force be with you"!!!!!

jeanie thats exactly the emoticon i wanted to use to :P, but i don't know how to , a litle sbs would b apreciated

Excellent shot (with the saber being the obvious focus) and interesting choice of background. It's like he's an urban jedi. :P I like it!

Just one question: How the HELL did you get the light Saber effect so perfectly??? That's got to be the most impressive part of the photo.

Better..

Useless space between the ears, smoking at her age! Like the image though, agree it needs a crop..

Beautiful, perfect shot!

i like the picture but i don't get the useless space above the head :-??

Like the expression & the background..

Nice... where's Darth Maul?

Nice to see something different, good thinking = )

Very cool bokeh you have captured here, and of course great macro shot too = )

very very nice shot...i am sure that this is zoom-ed from quite distance so that makes this picture more amazing...GL author

fantastic image...best of luck

cool shot...gl

Superb shot author...GL

perfect shot author...well done

That just proves that planning and patience is worthwhile.