Starry, Starry Night...Paint Your Palette Blue and Grey
by hotpasta

Comment:
'6.3 & DNMC' .. ARE YOU MAD !!??..:)
this is insanely good .. talk about visual impact ..!!
love the very 'hotpasta' tones ..
CONGRATULATIONS on your red ribbon, an amazingly good score, second place on your profile page and a fantastic image .. !! ..

Together Forever
by nutzito

Comment:
an extremely impressive photograph & i love your sepia process ..
a powerful image in every way ..
congratulations on your very well deserved ribbon .. :)

Poppy Series
by Alicia

Comment:
hey alicia .. i bet they wont be sitting there long ..
i love them .. very dramatic and very beautiful . :)

face the music
by skewsme

Comment:
this is absolutely brilliant .. once again the voters got it totally wrong .. it might be a bit confronting for a lot of ppl and not 'nice' and 'pretty' enough, which could explain some of your low votes, but i reckon its a great shot & i love your excellent processing .. :)

On The Way To The Ball
by Jedusi

Comment:
hey steve ... BRILLIANT ... !!
congratulations on such a great photograph and place in the challenge .. those eyes are mesmerizing ... :)

Insectivora
by xianart

Comment:
this is absolutely brilliant .. i love the colours .. excellent mask, so colourful and dramatic in all that blue.. great what kid's have hanging around .. !!
he really looks like he's alight from within .. congratulations on a fantastic photograph and your pb . :)

Facade
by JeniY

Comment:
congratulations on a brilliant photograph a wonderful process and a great finish in the challenge .. :)

Lady In Waiting
by Ivory

Comment:
hey sue .. BRILLIANT .. !!!
congratulations on an excellent photograph and another ribbon ..
this is looking extremely good on your profile page .. :)

White Bird
by riversong

Comment:
darlene .. this is an amazing and very very beautiful photograph ..
congratulations on your ribbon ... a brilliant score in a free study .. :)

Just hang\'n out after-sepia-tweaked.jpg
by wehrmacher

Comment:
hi bill ... after your pm i decided to put your photograph in photoshop to see where i would go with it ..
i did a couple of different processes, pretty much retaining your original crop except i scaled it up 105% and did a slight rotate ..
i did a colour version which i didnt like .. a bit to grainy working on the smaller image and i was in a hurry, so their skin is a bit red still ...
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& a sepia version ..
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this is the workflow which will give you an idea of the process ...
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i'm sure if other ppl would come up with something a lot better than i have .. :)