Crossing Liberty
by bvy

Comment:
Fantastic expression and great crop. Love the angle he's on!

Doing Lunch
by bvy

Comment:
As stated, the steam really adds to this one. For me it makes the shot. As you say it would have been nice to have someone walking your way, particularly with a nice evil grin on!

Jurassic Park?
by bvy

Comment:
Scary stuff! I thought you might have engineered this, but what a find! All you need is complete and utter fear on the boy's face and you've got an absolute classic!

Delray Street
by bvy

Comment:
I actually like both of these shots, but I prefer this one. The wider crop gives more of a sense of scale and location. Your angle is awesome!

Chasing Pigeons
by bvy

Comment:
This is absolutely amazing! Kids chasing pigeons are always wonderful subjects for candids, the joy they exhibit is unbelievable! You've done a great job. I always find that either making your colours pop, or using B&W for these sorts of images works. By giving the colours some punch you'll focus the image a lot more on the girl's form, and black & white with birds will tend to draw your eyes to the shapes of the moving birds, try some alternate processes. Having said that, this image on its own is outstanding! Love it!

Roofing
by shalrath

Comment:
The conversion here was surprisingly simple.

1. Levels - Pull in the ends to increase contrast.
2. Add texture, a wall I picked up in India, and set the blending mode to Multiply (50%).
3. Erase a little of the texture off the little poles.
4. CS3 B&W layer, standard settings except for a sepia tone (42 degrees, 10% saturation).
5. A little hard light layer to darken the corners.

Voila. All done.

Block Prints
by shalrath

Comment:

Originally posted by Melethia: So this is how the fabrics get marked? Nice use of DOF. I trust that's metal?

It's actually wood, India is quite famous for the woodblock printing technique in their handmade fabrics... funny story to go with this one... it's actually a fabricated factory... made up to lure tourists into buying cheap wares... hehe.

Five windows
by Melethia

Comment:
This came out really well. That church was a great find, lots of interesting work in the windows and on the walls.

Math Roots
by TonyT

Comment:
Love the processing, makes it very engaging.

"...und dat is how much vood ve can chuck!"
by heavyj

Comment:
haha. The area around his chin and shirt do seem a touch blurry though.