Hot Fun - Summa' Time! - (enlarge)

many thanks for your vist and of course your kind remarks, always enjoy hearing from you.

Stunning!! Beautifully done!!

Cheers

It really does epitomise the "summer fun" aspect and the sharpening has worked in accentuating the blast of the sprinklers. 

The colours and brightness again reminds the viewer of warmer days, but I wonder just for a minute have you tried this in B & W?  My curiosity burns because I did take shots of children playing in the fountains with similar water spray and for some reason the B & W genre looked more effective. It might be worth a try when you are next experimenting?

Very well done Gail 

Best Regards 

Alf

Perhaps I will try it in black and white. I think I will take it back a notch or two in processing as this was done as a fun image for Kael's Scrapbook. He can be quite the ham at times and I have a page that I know he will enjoy with what I have done with the images. If I mange to do it in black and whtie I will send you a copy to see what you think. Many thanks for your visit, input and suggestions re black and white.

Cheers for now Alf, Gail

Many thanks for your visit and good to see you saw the 'fun' aspect of this image. The processing is a bit exaggerated for that reason. Cheers for now, Gail

This image captures the sheer joy that is unique to a child's playing in the water.  Excellent detail - especially in the water droplets.

My best,

michael

My sincere thanks Michael for your visit and sharing your thoughts of the joys of childhood.

Cheers and good thoughts always, Gail

Great shot Gail. It's fun. I like the colorfulness and the shallow DOF is well used too. Good work.

very nice take. but it is not only for the family album --- this is a real good photograph. the composition, the colors and the sharpness add to it. compliments -koushik

thankyou for your visit. The grandchildren love it when I give them a new envelope full of recent images. It often refreshens their minds as to all the fun they had during the times we get together.

thankyou for the positive feedback Chuck, always enjoy hearing from you, you have such a large Portfolio full of all kinds of Digital Alterations that I am still discovering!!!