Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by photom:
Cute and well done - perhaps a bit too centered. Subtle colors work as you wanted.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by nborton:
one of the best shots. if there were one small thing i would work on, it would be the green shoe strings. they are the boldest and brightest part of the shot and compete with the boy's face for attention. toning them down would be a good idea i think.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by C-town driver:
Great subject and very fun picture. I like the way you composed this and the stop-motion shutter speed you used...... 7

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by bethany_marie_23:
How precious! :)

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by qnjt:
Great job with the desaturation. Also great human interest. One of my favorites in this challenge.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by doctornick:
That's a beautiful capture but it doesn;t seem that the selective desaturation was carried out well. The kids look really pale. The way to do that is to create 2 layers, desaturate the top later then erase the parts you want in colour from the top layer so that the colour of the kids in the background layer show up. Voila you've got a selectively desaturated image.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by Dave Gordon:
I really like the way the kids stand out in color, and the way the rest of the shot appears in B&W.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by nicoledb:
Cute! I think I would have liked this more either completely in color, or with the kids selectively in full-color with only the background desaturated. That's a lot of work, I know, but as it is now the kids look rather bland, which is a pity because the image is great.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by bongo:
I like this shot. Wholesome. Would have pumped up the saturation on this.
But I do see the effect your going for. Nice job.

Summer Refreshment
by joanns

Comment by flip89:
Reminds me of a 50s colorized pic ... very emotional ...