[Marianne]

my youngest daughter walking through the backs of Cambridge

[Arkady]

STOP IT!!!!!

You're too good, it's making us all look crap....

[Marianne]

[MyPix]

Originally Posted by Arkady

STOP IT!!!!!

You're too good, it's making us all look crap....

what do you mean ' making '

i think we should embargo Marianne to 1 picture a week , as that alone is better than any 100 of mine , lol

v-nice shot, keep em coming

MyPix

[Marianne]

wah.....thank you, what a compliment!

[Arkady]

There are two kinds of photos for me: ones that I see and think "I could do better than that..." and the ones that I see and think "Damn - I wish I'd taken that..."

Marianne's fall squarely in the latter category for the most part .
So here's your final warning - start taking bad photos so I can feel better about myself...or else!

[CT]

Marianne's just joined she'll be running out of good stuff soon and posting the same dross as the rest of us.

That is a lovely shot. I can't make my mind up if it's a staight shot or you've given the background the sepia treatment, but I saw it straight away as a B&W with a bright red umbrella ala Speilberg's girl in a red dress in his B&W scenes in 'Shindlers List'

Give it a try Marianne - pretty please.

[Bachs]

Superb shot Marianne

It works really well and the tone you used blends nicely with the selective colouring.

Sometimes the surrounding monochrome can clash harshly with the selected colour areas but this is just perfect for me.

I think the team here should consider a red card system...3 cracking shots within a week and your'e out!

[Marianne]

guess I've hit upon an audience that likes my work you guys have really cheered me up! Now I am off to look for a bad shot to put the record stright lol

[chuckles]

You aint got none! LoL

Tell 'em what happened to the umbrella then?

[Warspite]

Great pic - nice and subtle

Also I think your sig is appropriate to this image

[dod]

I can't even see a ciggy butt to moan about Very Nice

[Ribby]

Love it Marianne, just love it.

[RobertP]

I like it too

For those of us with colour challenged vision - Am I seeing a hint of red in the monochrome (not umbrella )or is it one of my imaginary colours

[Marianne]

there is colour in the whole scene Robert, all I did was to duplicate the layer, put the brown/sepia on the top layer then I reduced the opacity on the top layer to just let enough colour come through. The unbrella was VERY red to start with, I am trying to find the original to show you......

[CT]

Originally Posted by Marianne

there is colour in the whole scene Robert, all I did was to duplicate the layer, put the brown/sepia on the top layer then I reduced the opacity on the top layer to just let enough colour come through. The unbrella was VERY red to start with, I am trying to find the original to show you......

Makes sense now. Don't bother with my B&W idea, your first instinct was right.

[Matty]

very nice Marianne, i like it! CT is correct though, some time soon your gonna run out of goo 'uns...i hope...