Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by Teafran:
A very clever use of DOF in reverse - it resonates with the impression of romance and history. The font is a little small, but the color is perfect and matches the mood and overall emotional appear - it's not bathetic at all. The background is detailed and rich with color even given the darker cast of blue. Nicely executed.

Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by limerick:
Way to dark for me but what I can see looks like it would be beautiful with more light.

Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by Jutilda:
Beautiful!!!

Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by hesitant:
I'm a big fan of low light / night shots, but I fear this may look almost black on some monitors

Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by RulerZigzag:
dark... Pretty composition though.

Venice, Italy
by good_ham

Comment by Pikkel:
beautiful

Dressed Herself
by good_ham

Comment by Dr.Confuser:
Selective desat sure draws your eye to the subject. Anyone who's ever had kids will resonate with this.

Dressed Herself
by good_ham

Comment by K3Master:
Sofie was a willful child. Now, this isn't a surprise in itself, as willful children are a dime a dozen on most days, in most places, throughout the history of childhood, but Sofie was a little different.

Sofie had a gift.

On this day, as she strolled smug and confident, dressed in her favorite outfit that her mom almost didn't let her wear (and she certainly knew how to get people to change their minds now, didn't she?), the adults around her walked stiffly, anxiously, fearfully.

Sofie had a gift, and when your world is suddenly thrust into a monochrome existence due to the temper of a child that has been told no when wishing to wear an outlandish outfit, well, you end up letting that child wear that outfit.

So she strolled along, a brilliant mass of color in a black and white world of her making, and she decided then that she was having Ice Cream for dinner tonight, oh yes, and Pete forbid the one to try and stop her, because...

Sofie had a gift.

Dressed Herself
by good_ham

Comment by L2:
Try a partial selective desaturation on the b/w layer and see what you think.

Dressed Herself
by good_ham

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
She looks proud of herself for that accomplishment! I'm not sure the selective desaturation works well for me, but I suspect the original had a lot of distracting backgound colors and you had to do something with them. It's an awfully cute scene, though.