Day 2 - Black and white
by xianart

Comment by timfythetoo:
Man - I opened your original and had my ideas of how it could be edited up. I open your color and think - DANG that looks nice - even better than what I was imagining - cant get any better. And then I open this one. I was wrong. From thumb the color one looks better , but opened this is the one. Excellent editing. Great control of the vignetting. I love your style of editing. It is very pleasing and inviting.

Day 1 - Straight from the camera
by xianart

Comment by timfythetoo:
Great perspective and the path behind is cool.

Day 2 - Black and white
by xianart

Comment by sevilduvarci:
i like the mood created in the b&w version more. beautiful capture, the expression on his face is priceless.

Day 2 - Black and white
by xianart

Comment by Melethia:
Well this one doesn't suck either. I like both. Different moods created in each instance, too.

Day 2 - In colour
by xianart

Comment by Melethia:
I haven't checked out the black and white yet, but gotta say I'm quite likin' the color version. I may be requesting remedial help later on radial gradient masks...

Day 2 - Black and white
by xianart

Comment by lantaga:
Wow, strong and beautiful photo. It is a hard choice, but I prefer the B&W.

No Swimming, No Skating
by xianart

Comment by jaysonmc:
Tough one, shooting into the sun with B&W, but you managed to pull it off extremely well. A good variety with depth and textures really helped this one. Really, the feeling of depth is superb. A terrific image!

Message edited by author 2007-03-10 01:29:00.

Walk
by xianart

Comment by levyj413:
That is a sweet shot. Very emotive.

Did you carefully step in your own footprints coming back to the camera? Climb out onto the ice and walk backward toward the camera?

Walk
by xianart

Comment by Kelli:
Take a long walk off a short pier. Suicide by drowning. Hypothermic. Pain for only an instant, than fade away. Wow! Very thought provoking. Dark, mysterious. I love it!

Message edited by author 2007-03-09 10:02:35.

Walk
by xianart

Comment by bmartuch:
This has such a dark spooky feel to it. The footprints really add to it. Very well composed and the lighting is great.