Listen to the Stories Your Children Tell and They Will Remember
by illini75

Comment by clickodak:
Very nice portrait of family I give 8

Lifeguard Haze
by illini75

Comment by clickodak:
Very color of the summer I give 8 for the artistic side of your composition

Lifeguard Haze
by illini75

Comment by chalice:
Very creative processing. It's nice to see something different...which, I guess, is probably the point of having an Extended Free Study. This one is very artistic IMHO.

Getting By with a Little Help From My Friends
by illini75

Comment by postoakinversion:
Nice photo. The main technical issues are that it's not very sharp and the lighting is a bit harsh. Probably not much you could've done about the lighting from that distance, although a remote flash or maybe a reflector would've helped. The lack of sharpness might just be a limitation of your lens/camera, so I can't take off points for that, but it might also be because your focus was just a little bit too far in front of the subjects' faces. Also, the area near the bottom of his foot looks odd, like you tried to clone something out, and the top of her hair looks blurry, like you tried to artificially blur the background. Sounds like I just listed a lot of things wrong with it, but all of those are fairly minor and can be easily corrected. Overall it's a good photo that meets the challenge very well.

Before and After
by illini75

Comment by grahamgator:
Great painterly affect.

Lifeguard Haze
by illini75

Comment by PaulFrocchi:
Very nice!

Purple Always Makes Me Smile
by illini75

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful shot but I find the hue more warm than cool. (I know the description included purple, but there are warm purples and cool purples.)

Before and After
by illini75

Comment by gipper11:
This is very nicely done, it looks like a painting that would look nice hanging on the wall.

Wavy Pier
by illini75

Comment by tanguera:
Congrats on the ribbon!

Wavy Pier
by illini75

Comment by tanguera:
I'm usually not a big fan of this "oil" effect, but I find it works really well here. I think those pylons are dancing!