Day-11-slice-of-life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
Congrats to Nimue! A marvelous image, you've captured her exuberance perfectly! As for the sky, I'm one of those odd people who actually like blown backgrounds in the right circumstances, and this sure fits the bill :-) I think this is great as is, what a little cutey pie!

Day 9 slice of life.jpg
by joynim

Comment:
She is absolutely gorgeous! I know nothing about portrait photography (except of cats of course), but I couldn't help playing with such a lovely image! Hope you don't mind, here's what I did:
Cropped, added a channel mixer layer to convert to b&w then reduced the layer opacity to 76%, used the burn tool to darken the left side of her face to blend into shadow, did a bit of unsharp mask just around her eyes and mouth, then brightened her eyes a tad by making a copy of the irises and setting the layer opacity to 80%. I don't know about it being better processed, but it is different :-)

Choices
by Retroesque

Comment:
Inspired title! Beautiful processing, great angle, with that title this is incredibly expressive!!

Curious but wary
by cogerox

Comment:
Love the backlighting, and the shot looks so wonderful in dark b&w! That front cow looks pretty menacing, good thing there was a fence :-)

Brushes
by Jutilda

Comment:
You make brushes look GOOOOD! Love the fact that one is in your face while the other is just a trace. I'm getting so hooked on this type of processing!!!

Watched Pot
by Alicia

Comment:
Wow, what a great way to get a little blur, a steamy pot! The colors really are pretty, great capture! Boy, do you ever eat healthy... :-)

16: sk8r
by muckpond

Comment:
I would never have thought to cut off the heads, and I LOVE it this way!! Really makes you focus on the skateboards and body language of the kids. Excellent!

Slice of Live - Old, Old Barn
by JLC

Comment:
I love old barns, this is a beut! Love the nice tones and textures you've captured here! And I agree with the other commenters, this would look awesome with a vintage processing style as well :-)

Day-12.jpg
by ivale28

Comment:
Wow, that's some paint job! Love your perspective in this shot as well! Bet it would look awesome in a high contrast b&w, that would really bring out the cool shapes :-)

Day-11.jpg
by ivale28

Comment:
Love the DOF, and the great diagonal created by the red rail! The primarily bluish looking cars in the background with their fronts lined up along the rail look very cool. You've made a simple subject look fantastic!!