COMMENTS:

Steve Estill	I like what you've done with the colour toning and I like the crop, but I'm not sure about the water effect. I don't feel that it does anything for the image and that's got to be the bottom line.
Candy Childrey	You have given a nice rendition to the original image. You have brightened the image and given a better focal point- the girl
Phil Coleman	The embellishment and cropping of the original are well done.  But the bottom quarter seems out of place and distracting.  Cropping it out would put more focus on the figure and her view of the sea.
Fes Parker
Christine Pollard
Georgianne Giese	I like the image, and the color you added is appealing. You might want to consider treating the water on the bottom third a bit differently. Did you consider using the water effect on just all the water in the original image? Perhaps if the water layer were more translucent, the water effect would bring out the detail in the original water as well as not hide the detail in the lower part of the, as it is attractive.
Leif Alveen	I really would like to visit Hawaii some time, so I envy you going several times I have to admit. I am not too keen on your image, though. It may be down to that what you love about the image doesn't really come across in small format as you mention yourself. At this size it merely looks dirty and shoddy, not textured as you tell us it does in big format. That is the curse of reviewing pictures at low res. The rainbow-like hues visible along the original lines work nicely, and I think you are onto something there. The water part you have added is too massive and way too dark when comparing to the original part - it makes it very heavy at the bottom. I won't crop or alter the image, as I recall you are not terribly fond of people doing that, but you may want to have a go at a crop and toning down of the water.

Member Bio

I have been a member of PSA for about 25 years. I have specialized mostly in large pictorial prints and have done well in that category. When digital reared it’s head I was quick to realize the potential so I made the switch and have been happy ever since. For a while it was not easy because slide makers did not give up very easy and most of my creative work was frowned upon but eventually everyone was seduced and today we have a thriving group of artists. I don’t think I would be happy with an image unless I have altered it in some manner. I have owned camera’s for many years starting with the Argus C3, graduating to the Welti Weltini, Exacta, then a long string of Nikon cameras. My operating room consists of 3 computers of different strengths, various scanners, laser printers, and one large Epson capable of turning out 24-inch prints.