It's A Big Job
by Balko

Comment:
Fantastic shot!

Run for Cover
by JuliBoc

Comment:
JuliBoc you have an exceptional eye for composition. This is a true keeper.

Sandy road
by bmartuch

Comment:
Your gentle touch here lets the landscape shine through.

Dick Mack's
by bmartuch

Comment:
LOL. These people look just like the folks in my camera club!

Delightful picture, btw. Good lighting. Brought out by Topaz?

Window Sill
by bmartuch

Comment:
this is outstanding.

Balloon Fiesta over Academy
by Balko

Comment:
HA, now I see where you got your profile picture!

These things are crazy-weird in their flamboyant designs and ability to draw attention in any setting. You caught that well here.

In my area they are plentiful in the very early morning and are for hire to wine country tourists. Nope, never been up in one.

Okay, one of the things Topaz does all too well is halo the very best of objects. My monitor shows a lot of that going on around the balloons. And the tree. In my own experimenting, I've found that working the sliders can diminish the haloing - but also diminishes the effect. There must be a happy medium in there someplace.

yellow-pots-
by sfalice

Comment:
said smichener interesting effect. I take it you added the color as opposed to bringing out what was there?

There must have been the rudiments of these colors in the image because when I used a light "cartoon" effect from Simplify to start the processing, some pale forms of these colors came through. But that's what "selective colors" are for, and I just used the sliders liberally until the pale colors became vivid enough to appeal to me.

If they were not there, I would have no problem using Match Colors and a palette of my own making.

Miniature Pony
by Kelli

Comment:
Kelli - totally charming. This is what these editing programs are for, I think.
to enhance and bring out the artistic beauty in the image.

You have done that here.

My Dear Friend
by smichener

Comment:
Oh, totally sweet.
Keepers both. The dog and the picture.

Beautiful Cast
by smichener

Comment:
Wow, 41 views and nobody noticed - or at least remarked on - the way you caught that line in mid-cast!

Nice work.