I like the retouch, but not the green cast. I think it would look better in a warmer tone.

Wow, I like this a lot. Well done.

I agree with Martin and like what he did, but there's some posterization(?) in the shadow now (at least on my monitor).

Definitely like the tones of #1. The b&w does nothing for me, even if you boosted contrast.

Happy New Year!

So glad I can start off this year with PentaxUser forum friends!

Numbers 1 and 4 are excellent!
I can really see the heaviness of the fog in #1, and the texture of #4 is great.

I like the last one the most - all prickly and frosty.

Anyone seen those silly American cheerleaders in the New Years Day Parade? Scores of them have been performing every year for at least 16 years now.

How do I know?

16 years ago, I was one of those silly cheerleaders waving my pompons and dancing my way down the streets of London to "Can't Buy Me Love" by the Beatles. Trip of a lifetime!!

Thanks, London! for hosting these girls every year, and for memories every Jan 1.

Haven't seen this show? You can find some clips on YouTube, or better yet, make your way to London this New Years Day and see lots of very cold girls in short skirts and big smiles!

(for our Australian friends - I'll put in a word for Sydney, 2010. I don't have much pull, though, sorry)

Both are very good. #1 for me, too.

Well, as far as I can tell since googling "humbug", they're traditional British mint candies. So, in America, we call those "mints".

Really, they're just not available here. Mint candies are almost always red & white, sometimes green & white.