Walkies
by Melethia

Comment by nikolaos:
A different point of view.

Awe
by Melethia

Comment by krnodil:
Still a striking shot, glad you dusted this one off from the vaults. This b&w has teeth.

Simply red
by Melethia

Comment by ingridblue:
Lovely combination of softness and sharpness... that doesn't really make sense, but that's the only way I can think of to describe it! This just has that special something :)

1.52 Smoke break
by Melethia

Comment by jasonlprice:
Awesome capture! He looks so natural sitting there reading..you have shown a side of his personality which makes this a success. On the black and white conversion I think you have lost some of the good tonal range of the original. I think it would look much better if you could bring out the camo with black and white conversion where you could darken and lighten different colors. Also, if you could burn the wall behind and below him I think it would work better as a natural frame. There just seems to be a loss off character in the walls from the conversion. Take a look at the thumbnail versions side by side if you haven't already...

Another thing that might help is a "contrast USM"..I don't really know if that is the correct term, but what I do is apply a USM with a very high radius like 100 pixals and set the amount to 10 or so and thresholds to 0.

Anyway, it is a great capture as is and please keep it for your b/w collection as I really love it!

Walkies
by Melethia

Comment by lissylou:
I like this, it's like the bird is off to work.

Simply red
by Melethia

Comment by noraneko:
Deb, there is no way these will end up sub-5. You just got some early bad votes. They are really beautiful, actually. I confess I don't like the processing quite as much as Neil's, but close. I think you will end up doing just fine, and if not, poo on the silly voters and make yourself a gorgeous poster!

1.52 Smoke break
by Melethia

Comment by Sonifo:
Very cool image. Reminds me of my shot in away. He looks very relaxed and enjoying a great book.

Simply red
by Melethia

Comment by bubeltrubel:
beautiful image, a tad to soft, IMO

1.52 Smoke break
by Melethia

Comment by nikolaos:
Nice moment. It's better in b&w.

Simply red
by Melethia

Comment by andrewt:
Love the soft lighting - 6