"Porch Swing Moment..." Color Version

Here is the color version. Please share your thoughts on this version -

vs- the black and white.

deb

As you know, Deb, I'm a B&W guy but like this one in color. The color adds something nice, especially the nice muted tone of her hat. The curved line formed by the brim frames her face beautifully. I also love her expression.

Best regards Deb!

PDE

Is this a scan from a print or did you apply a texture over your image?  The texture gives this image an "artsy" feel.  This little girl is feeling the glamour and it shows in her cute expression.  I used photoshop to lighten under the hat brim (I may have lightened a bit much) so that I could see more into her eyes.  You can duplicate the lightened image on a separate layer, apply a 8 gaussian blur reduced to 30% for a lovely soft focus effect.  I am no great photoshop wizzard.  The only reason I post my version of your image is to encourage you to do the same---to take an already strong image further down the road of possibilities.

Thank you so much for seeing all the little things I saw in this image as well!

deb

Thank you my dear Pierre.  I always enjoy knowing you are keeping an eye on my efforts.

deb

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!

I love your version and will try my best to make this happen as well.

I love it!

deb