My album of Manipulaions...

I really like this photo. It appears almost abstract, but there is just enough information in the photo that after a second you recognize the key elements (face, smoke, pipe). There are a lot of diagonal lines making it 'active' in composition, despite the usually calming effect of smoking. Nice contrast in subject/composition and colors, also a nice vingette. The glare from the flash is unfortunate, but not much to be done about that, and it's still a good photo.