Day 21
by dreamy

Comment by Alicia:
Love this! What a great capture of their fun expressions. They look like they are cool grandmas.

Lines of Life
by dreamy

Comment by pamelasue:
seems a bit bright ... wish there were more contrast to bring out the details in the leaf

Day 21
by dreamy

Comment by SandyP:
Oh, I LOVE this photo! I love how you have so richly shown the character and lines in these beautiful women's faces -- without losing their joy and delight. And how cool that both grandmothers have such a comfortable relationship with each other. What a blessing!

Day 21
by dreamy

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
that's a great close up portrait.
such clarity in the image.
and the character of the ladies shows up very well.

Day 20
by dreamy

Comment by SandyP:
This one is really appealing and interesting too. My mind is spinning as I try to figure out exactly how you did it. The affect is really great!

Day 18 - Mechanical Shapes
by dreamy

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very nice, bold shapes

Day 19
by dreamy

Comment by KarenNfld:
Lots of detail here, good job

Day 19
by dreamy

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
Oh yeah, I like your picture, the textures are great.
But I don't really like the black bars at the top and bottom.
Sorry, but they don't enhance the picture in any way.
Well, at least not for me :-)

Day 19
by dreamy

Comment by UNCLEBRO:
If the picture isn't "right" to start with, then it doesn't matter what PP you do.
At least that's what I've found.

I nearly always use the channel mixer to convert to B&W.
Basically, if I can't get the picture to look good using that method, then I won't bother with it at all
!!
I know there are other methods out there that I should and could use, but I just don't feel like learning them at the moment.
I think my brain is getting too full :-)

Anyway, one "trick" I've been shown is to click on the channels tab and then to individually click on the red, green and blue tabs.
Whichever one of those tabs makes my picture look the most like how I want it to look is the channel that I pay most attention to in the channel mixer.

That is, if the blue channel is closest to what i want my picture to look like, then I will have a higher percentage of it selected in the channel mixer.

Oh yeah, don't forget to click back on the RGB channel before you go and convert, otherwise the channel mixer won't be available to you.

I hope this helps.
If you have any questions, you can PM me.

Day 18 - Mechanical Shapes
by dreamy

Comment by mia67:
Beautiful, simple and elegant. Very good one.