Yellow
by cbeller

Comment by melismatica:
I can only hope the intention was not to make the eyes look yellow also. Unfortunately, that is what I'm seeing and it looks very creepy. The thin yellow border only emphasizes it. The tones in the b&w portion of her skin could be better. There is a very shiny pale area running from her forehead over her left eye and along her nose and down her mouth. It is very distracting. When you convert color to black and white you aren't done. You still need to tone the greys so they aren't so dull looking. An easy way of doing this in PS is to adjust hue/saturation, clicking on the colorize box and then moving the saturation level to very low. You can also adjust the hue level to get the tone you like. I prefer to pretty much leave it in the middle where it is.

Yellow
by cbeller

Comment by jab119:
I really like the composition and the cropping, but the womans face has a litle too much of a glow / hot spot on the left cheek,

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by scottwilson:
Your title got me wondering if there was such a thing as the Mermaid Festival garden tractor pull, sure enough there is. I would have liked to have seen just a bit more of what was being towed.

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by gabrielrjr:
nice shot for local paper. whats a mermaid festival? 7

Yellow
by cbeller

Comment by Paulk:
I think the colour in the eyes spoils this picure

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by djscarrd:
Nice! Lost a little detail in the black areas though. Composition is ok. I would've taken it at a lower angle.

Yellow
by cbeller

Comment by e301:
For me, your yellow key line in the frame here is a mistake - it amkes the frame part of the picture, rather than something to isolate the picture from its surroundings, precisely because you've used that colour as your choice in the image. The remaining colour in the eyes looks so unreal too - I really do think you should have desaturated those areas also. There's also a pull introduced by your cropping between the face and the flower and the negative space image right - but I don't see a purpose of that negative space here, other than to place the flower on the cntre of image, which I think is weak, compositionally. I like the softness of the image, has a suitability for what feels quite old-time, but I also think you could have found some more definition with your lighting - more depth. All of which sounds hyper-critical, but actually to my eye you're not far off something rather nice here. 6

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by jadin:
Pretty good photo, Too cropped. (I'd like to see how much exactly that tractor is pulling.) Might I also suggest a polarizing filter? There is some reflection covering the man's face which would be nice if it wasn't there. Good job.

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by intarso:
well that sure is something you don't see everyday...at least not in my town. those are some serious wheels on that.....lawn tractor.

2004 Mermaid Festival Garden Tractor Pulls
by cbeller

Comment by menardmam:
why b&w, but nice...