Heat
by Hipychik

Comment:
I don't know what that "topaz" adjustment does -- to me it gives everything a kind of bright, "hard" look, almost like it's a piece of glazed ceramic sculpture. I guess my experience with rustic, wood-paneled rooms like this has been where it's much dimmer lighting, with a softer, moody look.

You might consider using a perspective correction; near the sides (especially the left) there is a noticable slant to the vertical lines.

Faces of Cancer
by cryan

Comment:
Good use of the selective desaturation technique. Too bad the melanoma mask wasn't twisted a bit towards you to get more light detail on the far side, but a powerfiul image anyway.

Week 2: Silly Filly Face
by lynnesite

Comment:
If this were mine I'd probably play around and try and bring a blue tint into the sky area. Nice expressive face.

APAW-2-Original-2027.jpg
by PGerst

Comment:
This reminds me a lot of an old photo of mine of a sunrise over Mt. Rainier (I have a print version posted). On that one, I made separate masks for ocean and sky and did tone (Curves) adjustments separately to bring out the color and contrast in the sky; see if you can bring out the patterns of the rays/beams. To my eye it might benefit from a slight CCW rotation.

Mr. and Mrs.
by bvy

Comment:
Good tone and contrast. I think the square crop and the angle work fine, especially with the the way his arm is parallel tot he edge.

Fall in West Cornwall (APAW-1)
by PGerst

Comment:
I think cropping the washed-out sky helps, though the verticality of the original helps draw one into the photo; however, the contrast between the trees and the path/fence/rock line-up work well enough to do the same. I definitely prefer the increased saturation in the new version -- nice rich color but not overdone.

Paper Roses
by cgino

Comment:
Very nice effect -- they look like antiques. The kanji text in the BG makes an interesting effect -- essentially a random abstract pattern to those of us who can't read it.

Chefs
by Retroesque

Comment:
I like the vignette effect of isolating the subjects in the light ... just to be picky, if they all work in the same kitchen, they may all cook but only one can be "the chef." ;-)

How was the food?

Ataxia
by Imagineer

Comment:
Ataxia describes a loss of coordination, especially of the muscles -- fitting as averything in this image looks off-balance. :-)

Interesting that it is full of right angles, but there are no "right" angles ...

The Edsel Transmogrified
by sher

Comment:
Processing works well for this subject -- what I'd expect to see in an ad in a "high-end" or arty magazine.