This is a great capture Carlos. I knew it was yours from the thumbnail.
I'm not too fond of the headless torsos in the background but I'm sure it was unavoidable.

Thanks Gary....I guess it was unavoidable......they were walking and I was walking backwards....this was my fourth try until I got the petals on the air....
Can you imagine a 63 years old walking backwards!......LOL
I really apreciate your comments.......Thanks for allways being there.
Carlos

Beautiful work!
I like the idea ,Color and B&W
+10

Great and moody composition Carlos!

There seems to be some halo effect from post editing around 2 of those red flowers that you so dearly wanted to catch. That should be possible to "clean" up (might be my monitor though as my eyes are no longer what they used to be )...

Good choice for selective saturation! The negative effect though is that the dresses all are gray instead of white

I think it would have been a stronger composition if the 3 background figures were slightly blurred.

Her facial expression and "serious" smile is payless - Just wonderful!

Good eye for beauty Mr Carlos (as if that was a surprise)!

Another great shot, Carlos! Love the selective desat work.That is a beautiful expression. I only wish the girl at the right wasn't there, but there wasn't anything you couldda done about it. +10

Great shot, I really like the way the girl and the petals are highlighted. Felicitaciones.

She looks so beautiful Nice selective desaturation!

Very gentle tradition! Very good presentation of it! Well done.

Very cool picture.Agrees with moserArtist about the halos

Love it!! maybe this HDR looking of the dress is the think that doesn´t like, but that´s a great shot with alot of feeling. GREAT 9-9P

I'm not quite sure but I think this is one of your best shots ever!
you've captured the mood very (!!) well! the desaturation works just perfect! the other dresses may look grey, but imho this let her pop more out, so it's fine.
the little "glow" around the red flowers could be fixed easily...

A great work! Carlos you've outranged yourself once more!

top marks!

A beautiful mood picture,
I like the look on her face.
Good work Carlos.

i agree with the critics
but the capture is fantastic even with some technical problems
good work +9

U have timed it perfectly Carlos !! the expression & the petals both !!
Agree about the glow around petals, probably caused due to the soft brush..
But thats nit picking !!
Top Marks as usual !!!

Another heartfelt shot. You have a real talent capturing the moment. The desat works very well here. Love the details of the dress. Beautiful work Carlos.
John

This is do tender and beautiful¡¡¡¡¡Once more the image shows your love for your people+10

Thanks to you all for the kind comments....
the halo is probably the result of a little trick to increase the details on the dress without sharpening.
Carlos

Ur GODFATHER of selecting the shot ...
7+

MASTER MASTER!!!
Like ever, you´re unique!! Amazing capture!!!
Sólo usted puede capturar un momento y hacerlo eterno.. MAESTRO!!

She's beautiful and such an expression. The background though is too busy and the cropping although unavoidable is messy. It helped that you selectively desaturated this photo but I don't think it was enough. Not one of your best Carlos.
I honestly don't recall the last time I felt a need to give you less than a 9. I know the next one will be a 20!

Hugs,

Michelle

Well, my friend, beautiful as always. +10/10

really nice and emotional picture, perfect

nice

I am really impressed with the photo! Love the desat. those petals are slightly blurred giving them motion.. Its quite a capture!

lovely work, her hand is somehow strange, don't now wy. every thing eles eis just gr8

Great timing, well focused too.
The black halos look a bit odd (frankly, scary even).
 MsMichelleLynn has a good point about the background and selective desaturation.

aw very pretty makes one feel good somehow

Beautiful work!

Wow! Great as ever! The using of Colored/Noncolored Parts sets a really good Focus! I love it! She looks so amazing happy! A really cute Girl!!!

Fantastic, as usual... I love girls face expression and headless torsos from strange world of adults... 9/9

Thank you Martin for your interepretation and comment ....I really apreciate it!
I actually never thought the croppping of the heads was going to be a problem because they are not the main subject and as you said they don't belong to the little magic world of the children.
Carlos

beautiful shot! it was surely a difficult one to take because of the motion.
I like also the Martin's interpretation, now girl looks even more happy and innocent, being in the world of the childern.

Great shot! I love the face of little girl.

Nice shot. Selective desaturation works very well.
Don

Love the desat; works great here. Excellent work, Carlos. +10

Great shot !
The black & white and the colors particulars works very well and I like it a lot... but for me the subject is a bit too contrast. The White is good !

PS: Beautiful moment !

great stuff as always. i like the expression on her face

Unbelievably beautiful, Carlos! You've caught her at the perfect moment! I can almost see her breathing in and out as she swells with child like pride and happiness! The perfect extension of the arm and the beautiful red petals floating down from it makes this a perfect piece of art for me.

I love the black and white areas (her dress looks like sculpted marble!), and I think the cropping and overall sharpness is perfectly fine.. she holds her own amidst everything that surrounds her.

And it is truly inspiring that that you have made such an elegantly understated "comment" concerning the two areas that you chose to leave color - the child's face/arm and the flowers petals... so much alike they are...a beautiful visual metaphor. A great idea that never occurred to me, until I saw this piece! It is good to see children from your country like this! Top Marks! 8/8

PS: Sorry for the late post, but I have been consumed with making music lately.
Al
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Lovely capture
Very nice colors and a good moment to take the picture.
Well done my friend!

good process and very well with this composition..

Christ, excellent use of selective desaturation, pin point perfect excecution, great work, great, +9

BEATIFULL WoRK

HUNDRED EXPRESSIONS DIFFERENT

awwwww, little princess!
great shot rly.

This is my Favourite of your published pieces Carlos, I love the use of colour. Cool