Street Photos

[Don Schaeffer]

Girl Near the Sun


The Brightly Colored Coat


The Stagger

[daq7]

Second one has the luminosity of water color. I really like the gesture. I am not sure that just a tad of noise reduction software would help, but it might be worth looking at. Smoothing it too much would lose that water color feel, but it has a bit too much noise texture maybe.

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Daq. I did use noise reduction available in Paintshop Pro. It made some difference over the original. But the walls of the bus shack were really dirty so I needed a lot of post processing to get it this good.

[Shebang]

Second one is artistically cool. The Stagger is interesting -- don't know how that guy stayed up -- or maybe he didn't.

[Don Schaeffer]

He didn't. Thanks Paula

[BlueRob]

I think I said this before Don you have a very peculiar eye for framing and a unique PP which makes your work very original.
The second shot of the colored coat is really good...frame it and hang it.

[daq7]

Well, the noise texture ain't a huge issue. This probably would look good hung up. The right mat color will really help solidify all that rich color.

[armando_m]

He didn't. Thanks Paula

wow great timing !!

the photos look as part of a story, each of us can think about it and elaborate our own version

For some reason I wasn't sure if the photos were paintings , did you tone mapped the photos ?

[Don Schaeffer]

thanks guys. I didnt tone map it but i did adjust highlighs and shadow in raw and added a line emphasis filter.

[Frog]

I like the first one. It is as if she is so happy to have some sun, finally, and then the paper box sign next to her emphasizes it.

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Frog