Form and light
by Melethia

Comment by cgino:
The effect you chose works wonderfully on this! I've been in love with Color Efex Pro for months; I just broke down and got Silver Efex Pro last week -- I'm in love again :-)

Form and light color
by Melethia

Comment by cgino:
I like them both, they are so different in nature. This one seems cheerier with the color and less grain, I see someone moving with positive purpose. The B&W one is more introspective, dramatic, colder somehow. Hmmm...I think I vote for this one!

Form and light color
by Melethia

Comment by ErinM:
I really like this one (something about dark, shadowy figures just appeals to me). As much as I tend to gravitate toward b&w, I must agree that this one packs more punch with the tidbits of color. Maybe if it weren't so wonderfully softened by the blur, I'd think differently, but it is, so I don't...and that's that.

Steps and door
by Melethia

Comment by ErinM:
I like what you've done with the tones here, Deb. Lucky you to be in a place with so many old structures to photograph.

Tourist Shot
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
Oh I love it! Tourist with a fine art finish. YES!

Not a box of chocolates
by Melethia

Comment by ubique:
I like this very much. I especially admire the fact that you did not crop this closer to remove 'distractions' and to obtain a portrait in which the man is more physically dominant. This photograph is not so much about the man himself as it is about what surrounds him ... not who he is, but where he is; not who he is but what he has. And has not.

Pigeon graffiti
by Melethia

Comment by Jutilda:
LOL Your title cracked me up.

Steps and door
by Melethia

Comment by tph1:
What a cool old building. I am drawn to the door and what may lie behind it. Prisoners?

Pigeon graffiti
by Melethia

Comment by Retroesque:
Oh there you are! Pigeons and Lensbaby - YEAH!

Pigeon graffiti
by Melethia

Comment by tph1:
Yes, the focus is just right for this shot. So is the graffiti.