Those are really nice - first two in particular...
I've never used the various CS software and probably won't, but between taking some fine photographs and processing them very well, SOMEthing's working here! Is that shallow DOF in the first one real or done with some sort of tilt-shift filter? Very effective regardless.
-Ray
Ray the 1st was shot at f1.7 1/200 ISO100
I used the CS6beta Blur filter (new) Tilt / Shift I rotated the plane to be vertical and kept the girl in the sharp region
On either side I made the blur to suit the effect I wanted.
Oddly a close friend and Camera club member (great photographer too) did not like my Blur effect
Glad you did .. your well known as a street photographer ;-)
The new Blur filter set well worth the upgrade when the final is released .. I doubt the filter set will appear in Lightroom (Its a diff. core engine) OR elements or any other software
Its unique ..The Tilt Shift is not a true tilt shift lens facility but allows TS lens effects if you get my drift.