Thanks Anna and Ron. I appreciate the feedback.

Oh man, she looks sweet! Adorable, really :) It can be minimalistic because of the relative small space she takes in this picture, though you could have strongened the effect by adding some white space on the left and on top (just open a new document in photoshop which is bigger than the picture, copy/paste end blur the spots that doesn't fit the white). But I love the picture the way it is now :)

Thanks Soyrosa. That's a good thought. I could set it to a neutral since around her isn't blown out either. Thanks!

It's a beautiful portrait of your niece. Nothing to be critical of from my point of view. Nice work Jason!

Exelent!

Congrats on the feature, and well deserved! Just a quick question. How long did this take you?

thank you for the feature, great feedback and comments you all!
@Andrew...hard to remember specifically, but less than an hour no doubt

Well deserved feature. Excellent shot and PP.

impressive result of manipulation

Neat, thanks for the info of how to.

beautifully done and thank you for the tip about the NIK filters

I bet you started with a super photograph too!! Really nice work Sean.

Well done. Thanks.

Nice work!

good job

Ron this is an absolutely fabulous photo. Your use of selective saturation here is spot-on. I can sense the action and movement along with the mood. Really very nice work!

Did you try just the boy and the flag?

Thanks, eveeryone. This was the Battle of Hurricane, West Virginia.

Usually I can't stand selective color, but your choice here is excellent! The image gives a sense of time & memories not to be forgotten with the color representing now and the b&w the past. The b&w areas also appear slightly blurred adding to the effect. I really like this one!

I was just rating in the Selective Saturation topic and this image really jumped out from the group. Unfortunately it was only offered as a choice for me one time. I was happy to see it already featured though.

This is really a strong image to begin with, but the selective saturation really adds that extra bit of punch. Thanks for posting it.

In my opinion, one of the most creative images on Vazaar.

thank you :)

Maybe it's my new laptop, but I don't see any orange here...

However, it is a very evocative compilation.

well, it's kinda golden-orange :)
thank you kerri.

Es muy bonita la composición. Es difícil saber qué elemento capta más la atención, si el agua o el color de las hojas.

Great shot, lots of punch. I agree with other however that the colours may be a little too strong. Also, is it just me that thinks the building is leaning forward slightly? It might benefit from a very minor straighten.

Thanks, all, for your insightful remarks.

This is very artistic, like by the hand of a painter. However, I agree with the others, that if you are going to take that road, then you must really apply the same feel (or processing) to the whole image. I'm not a great admirer of this sort of image, although I do love a good abstract. This kind of falls between the cracks for me, it's neither one nor the other. That said, you do some truly great stuff, Ron.

looks a bit over-saturated, but it still loooks good ;-) great shot

This is a coloured smoke picture.

WELL DONE!

Thanks for your comments and criticismes

Perfect in this "Topic", nice frame as well.
Well done lol ;)

Thanks Eric !

I love the minimalist feel to this work.

I love the perspective of this photo.

Thanks, Carl. I don't know the story, unfortunately, but it appeared that they were just tired. They were both asleep.

Good capture! You have cleverly avoided an over-exposure on the white tee-shirt, in spite of the black zones around. One point however, maybe it would have more impact if your main subject was not centered, leaving place on the right or on the left to the environment. A nice scene anyway :-)

I agree, MMeye about the composition . . . thanks for your feedback!

Great work. Reminds me of an image out of Steinchen's Family Of Man.

Thank you so much, Ron. That means a lot!

Nice handling of exposure, the colors are nice and the boat adds needed foreground interest. Good job.

I like that you captured the suns rays. Was this sunset? I'd love to know which part of the world this was taken in...

Thank you for passing by the photo is captured at sunset near Interlaken Switzerland.