Hats on a hot day
by Neat

Comment:
I didn't vote. I would probably have given it a 5. It's a good family photo, competently processed, but as someone who doesn't know the kids, the subject and processing don't cause any kind of emotional response. I'm generally not a fan of that soft focus processing thing, and I think this might have done as well with a more straight ahead B&W conversion, more like HCB and less like Michael Orton. Without the soft focus, I probably would have given it a 6.

Overall, I think the average score is probably about where it should be. There are always absurdly low votes on every entry, no matter how good, and there are always absurdly high votes on every entry that cancel out the low ones. This shot probably doesn't deserve the 6 1's and 2's, but it doesn't really deserve the 5 9's and 10's either, so it all evens out.

Haircut
by Abra

Comment:
You really have the slice of life family thing down cold. My only complaint is that I want to be able to do the same thing, and just don't seem to have the knack. Excellent stuff. Congrats on the win!

2013 PAW - Week 5
by MarkB

Comment:
Wow, nice. Love the detail. I find the same thing when I'm shooting strong reds, especially flowers and flamingos. Once I do the levels adjustment, the saturation goes to 11, and I have to dial it down to keep from blowing out the red channel. I like the saturation on this one, though.

African Bush Grasshopper (PAW 6/52)
by HarveyG

Comment:
I really do like the minimalist approach with all the negative space. I agree with Maggie, it was very nice of him to arrange himself all on the same focal plane. It is too bad he couldn't be a bit sharper, but better to get this guy like this than to miss him because you're switching to a macro lens.

IMG_3849-Carillon-Tower-800
by sfalice

Comment:
Sweet. That building couldn't have been cheap to build. According to dictionary.com, "demilune" is a fancy word for crescent shaped.

The thing on the top looks like a typical HD satellite dish. It's possible that even if the building is wired for regular satellite already, the resident is getting satellite from a foreign language provider. For example, one of my Dad's neighbors has a second dish because she gets Greek language programming from some provider that's not DirecTV or Dish.

5. smiles are contagious
by PennyStreet

Comment:
Excellent. Did you lie in wait at this spot, or was this a "found" capture as the guy was walking by?

look-at-me_1962
by mariuca

Comment:
This is a really great street shot...and proof that all street photography doesn't have to be in B&W.

And.....ACTION!! [click] (5/52)
by Kroburg

Comment:
Really sweet. Once they start running around and playing, it's really hard to get a good shot. You've done well. I somehow always get two rear ends.

04/52 - one whopper of a workroom
by mitalapo

Comment:
Great. I keep looking at this image and finding new things.

"If I stay still she won't see me!!!" Thought the rabbit
by Enlightened

Comment:
Kroburg's article on fixing snow looks as good as anything I could find. The easiest approach is to shoot in raw, and fix the white balance during the raw conversion process. I suspect that everything is a bit blue, not just the snow.

Another approach...in Photoshop use a Color Fill Layer set to color blending mode, controlled with the opacity slider.

Choose new fill layer, set the blending mode to Color.

Pick the opposite color of your cast (helps to know basic color theory here - blue vs yellow, green vs magenta, red vs cyan and whatnot). In this case it would be yellow or orange.

Use the opacity slider of your new layer to control how strong the effect is. I find that 10-20% opacity will normally do the trick. In this case, since the color cast isn't very bad, 5% might be enough.