I agree with jnconradie on DOF and that the image is thought provoking. The selective coloring to me, ruins the image for me. Cheapens what was otherwise a very interesting image. As for the DOF you could possibly carefully select the bg and add a very slight blur. Chris
Thought-provoking and emotive! Though I am generally not a fan of selective colouring, I think you used it to good effect here. (Perhaps the f/9.0 was just a bit too small a shutter opening, thereby bringing too much of the background into focus?) Regards ~jnconradie
