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First, SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOU! I do not support smoking by using a sigarette in my shot.---
More from the contrast assignment. An angel smoking... You get the idea. Pure/unpure maybe?
The title is actually a song-title by a band called Motorpsycho (those geniouses). I just thought of it after I did the shot.
Model is Marie, once again. (She didn't really smoke in the shot, just pretended to.)
I'm surprised that the background turned out so white, the photos was taken on my porch, with natural daylight, and it was snowing.
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this would be much nicer without the cigarette; it's too cliche.
lose the cig, and you've got a classy shot.
overall, great composition, with that one exception.
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Unfortunately, I don't think people in general will get your message. It's really an ambiguous mixed-up concept and people basically do not have such a sophisticated mind as you ; your idea is original but i am trying to put myself into others shoes as well and the first thing we notice here is the cigarette and the smoke; it is provocative but in a negative way. It is just as if you portray a guy starting fire and say: oh it's not good starting fire!!! Come on, use your brain for once when thinking about a composition. All we see here is a somewhat healthy girl who smokes... and teens or other uneducated people who do not have any health prevention as most of us do, will get really mixed up, and think oh well: it's not that bad to smoke, look the girl looks healthy; Shame
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i disagree.
if you base your decisions on a photograph...then, well, the person is very fickle. and i don't see any smoke...maybe i'm missing it? if she's not smoking, where's the smoke? 
"use your brain for once" can we be a little nicer about giving constructive critique?
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wow this is stunning!
shes so soft and beautiful
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This reminds me of a better-shot version of my Azieraphale & Crowley shoot (a reference really only "gotten" by Neil Gaiman fans...). But I do love the photographic texture of the piece. While being pale in composition, it still doesn't lose it's depth, which is quite a feat. All in all, very nicely done!
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i really like this shot, the whites really make it beautiful, and i didnt notice the ciggarette at first, she looked so imnnocent, then i saw it, very cleverly done.
how old is she btw, i cant decide if she is really young or not its really strange!!
beautiful shot
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Yeah, I hate smoking and smoke, but I really love this work, beautiful "innocence" of her expression. Love white tones
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she has got perfect face for modeling...i really like her a .lot... hate those usual thin models with no meat on bones which all hopes that skinny body is everything..yikes
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Thank you very much. 
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Beautiful Picture...
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Beautiful Gallery!!!!
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Beautiful Picture...
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Beautiful Gallery!!!!
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Well I saw the thumbnail of someone with a cig and I immediately clicked it to rant about how...Marie shouldn't be doing that, but then I read your comment...So, about the pic. It is cool how everything is so white...Maybe you should try bigger wings, though. I didn't see them at first and they look like ahhh...Fluffy stuff. So bigger, more feathery wings. *nod*
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amazing. there's so little contrast in this one. this really is a wounderful photo.
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damn. I wish this was a print. I would love to buy it.
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Hun ser veldig engleaktig ut ja. Men kanskje hun burde sett litt mer skyldig ut?
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this very funny.... ΒΆ
an angel who smokes.... good junction
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wow! this is such a pretty shot and you did a great job on it! i really like the idea of pure/unpure! thats great!
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Beautiful exposure. Your whites have great detail in them without being blown out - awesome work on that
Love the contrast of innocence with the angel wings and pale tones, and the dirty cigarette along with slight moody expression. Love your natural lighting in this too - the catchlights in the eyes are utterly gorgeous. Faving this one
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Smoking bad.
Angel smoking even worse.
Gorgeous photograph though,
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I love angels and I love high key
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The contrast of the color and the saturation is very good, but I like much more saturated pictures. The model's alignment is very good, and there are not objects in the image that they distract the observer. Happiness.
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there is someting very strong and sweet in this shot.
-J_
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I haven't smoked since 4 weeks
I like the contrast angel/smoking... that's a cool idea. Nice crop too. I just don't like the streak of hair over her eye
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hm, good contrast/lighting (maybe a bit too light.. maybe not) - i dont like smoking either
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i think it looks...too pure.Id like to see this somewhat grung-ier if i may use such a word.
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yes, i do love the contrast between the angelic image and the cigarette. 
--mary.
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neat!
It's like the cover of the Van Halen album "1984"
there's and angel smoking on that
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Such a beautiful shot, I dont know why but the image reminds me of that of old photographs made in the 20s and 30s for advertiementing cigaretes and cigars.
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Simply BEAUTIFULLLLLL! I 
Great work! 
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Fantastic idea and conception
I love the clean and pure atmosphere of this shot in contrast of the "impure" cigar
gorgeus
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i must think that the background it's because of the snow.
it's pretty admirable. *yay*
After reading the desc i get the idea, nice tought indeed.
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This shot is a winner! The way you've positioned the model is just perfect. I like how she's turned and her gaze looking directly at the viewer, establishing a nice connection. When I view the picture, I meet with her eyes right away. Her expression is almost nonchalant, and I thinnk that makes it even more impactful. There's a human connection, but it's also a detached one.
The contrast is spotless. You've adjusted it right on. Finally, as mentioned already by previous comments, the concept is fabulous, and it carries the piece well. The innocence of a young girl juxtaposed with a burning midnight cigarette, combined with the sense of detachment, really makes this piece special. Great job
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this is an awesome shot, but i would have loved to see the porch and the snow in another picture.
if you've got any that you took that aren't close-ups, i'd love to see you post those, too.
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smoking IS bad for you.
still, this picture is pretty, with or without the cigarrette.
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I've seen this idea done a lot of times, but there's just something very classy about your version. Her expression has this delicious boredom about it and the pose it great. I like lots.
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nice.. that white feels really angelic even with a cigarette
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it's gorgeous, I think the crop is perfect
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I like it. Great concept. Beautiful model.
Well done.
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I dont really think smoking is impure, but I really do love the shot.
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not really get it until i read ur explanation.. it just the wings don't look clear enough.. maybe u should try it in a different angle..the composition in this pic was not flatter the model, her arm looked big
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She's an ideal model for this kind of photo. Her face seems very sweet and innocent (very youthful), her cheeks being so round. It came out quite beautifully.
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You can see some of the snow in her hair--at least, I think it's snow, and if it's just grain, it still looks like snow.
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