Illuminating the Processed Paddy Product
by KrisCarpenter

Comment:
A rice crispies volcano.

Tropical Arctic
by JustinM

Comment:
Had to think for a moment on this. Tropical is not seen in the artic neither is the artic seen in the tropics. OK.

Silently Speaking
by trevytrev

Comment:
Looks like infrared did pretty well on this challenge. It does seem to be hit or miss sometimes if people like it. Congratulations!

The Old Point Loma Light House- San Diego CA
by JeffryZ

Comment:
WHeee! My first ribbon! And a Blue! Thanks everybody! Strike one for the little guy- this was shot with just a point and shoot Fuji camera (which I had converted to shoot in infrared only which was a major contributor to the drama in this shot).

I love infrared right now- but not the false color ones you most often see so I set my camera to record images in black and white. This is an incredible score and I will have an extremely hard time bettering it. But to get better is certainly something to strive for.

Color was nice, but not as interesting. A color out-take:

1st Ave from above
by SDW

Comment:
Nice. You may try a couple of "tweaks" I have found can sometimes add a little more depth to an image like this. I go into the Selective Color after doing the sepia bit and add a touch of blue to the black color selection (takes very little- maybe +2- you may need to make a small counter adjustment to the black level afterwards but can do that here with the "darken" slider) and sometimes go to the "white" channel selection and reduce tinting in it. I also try sliding the "lighten/ darken" slider to the left to see if it will help the image. Sometimes the white adjustment won't do much.

To cut down on steps, I go directly to monochrome in Channel Mixer (sometimes doing levels first) and then to Selective Color. I use the "neutrals" selection to adjust the tone (usually backing off the blue say about -10 and then increase the yellow to where I like it (I usually leave the red in the middle) and then using the "lighten/ darken" slider to readjust the midtones and then the two steps above. I have also found better results lately using "Smart Sharpen" instead of Unsharp Mask, but that can sometimes depend on the image.

Grandpa's watch
by hajeka

Comment:
very sharp macro

Mile High Sky
by Blackbox

Comment:
very good for an airplane window shot.

Telecommunications, New and Old
by senor_kasper

Comment:
Lindberg Airport looks a bit blue today.

Pretty In Pink
by JeffryZ

Comment:
I have to honestly say that this was more a narrow, selective focus than a soft focus image and thus did not really meet the topic of the challenge. Thank you to those who gave me a nice score anyways.

Boys
by dtremain

Comment:
Looks a bit like a Jackson Pollock.