Week 6 - Textures
by BeckyT

Comment:
Really nice texture. I like the feeling of roughness.

MOP_7502
by MattO

Comment:
Good intensity to this one, Matt.

In and Around Balboa Park Week 5 - Orchid
by Ann

Comment:
Beautiful pinks, framed around the edges with the greens! I think what throws me off the most about the picture is that the orchid is not "looking at you"; it is sorta turning away, and to me, that works against the flow of the image. I like where you focused though, and I also like the DOF you used.

African Bush Grasshopper (PAW 6/52)
by HarveyG

Comment:
Lovely, how the grasshopper looks like he's trying, unsuccessfully, to hide from you. I think I wish the eyes were sharper - your focus seems to be on the legs, in front of the eyes, and the eyes look slightly out of focus. In this photo I like the mostly plain, out of focus, background.

IMG_3849-Carillon-Tower-800
by sfalice

Comment:
Beautiful structure. The building looks so clean! Could the gadget be a satellite dish?

5. smiles are contagious
by PennyStreet

Comment:
No kidding! I am smiling here myself, big. Beautiful capture!

look-at-me_1962
by mariuca

Comment:
And yet they are not looking as they walk by. A beautiful "contrasts" picture. I like the contrast in colours too, the faces drawn by the children all bright and in mostly warm tones, the two women walking by without looking all dark (except for the white hair and the bright shawl). Maybe the bits of brightness on the women can be interpreted as, "there's hope, some day they will look". :)

And.....ACTION!! [click] (5/52)
by Kroburg

Comment:
Ohhh, the little white dog (Hoover?) looks fierce in this one!

04/52 - one whopper of a workroom
by mitalapo

Comment:
Nice framing shop. I like how all the leading lines go to the brightest part of the picture.

"If I stay still she won't see me!!!" Thought the rabbit
by Enlightened

Comment:
It does look like it could disappear.

I haven't read Kroburg's article, so hopefully this won't be repeating the same info. You can adjust colour-cast in lab mode using channels a and b, I often use that method, and it works quite well. But, easier than that, if you have Nik Colour Efex, they have both a colour cast remover and a white neutralizer tool. Both work beautifully to get snow to look as we think it should look: white. Why are all those grapes on the ground? Rabbit food?