water water water...

[shiato storm]

and a bit of green.

[noah]

lovely greens and dof in that first one. i think the second would work very well as a mono too

[shiato storm]

cheers, yeah was trying out a different way of processing my images, just messing really, and think it cames out pretty well. one thing I do need is an effective way of converting to b&w, now I can work in 16bit (rather than 8) the image shouldn't pull apart as badly, need to find a way so I don't get nasty halos everywhere...

[hoodmeister]

cool
The second one has a smidge of something in the background with detracts from an otherwise very clean shot. But that could just be my monitor, which is a touch too bright.

As for B&W, try converting to lab colour and then selecting the lightness channel. You have no control over the output but it gives very very smooth results - and of course then you can make further adjustments.

[shiato storm]

you mean on the left above the leaf in focus? yes...I might burn that area out to leave just the subject...as far as things go I haven't done much point editing, more just the global type. cheers for the b&w tip, I'll give it a go this evening.

[hoodmeister]

Aye, would be easy peasy to burn