Selective Color C&C

[DirtyDFeckers]

Here's my first attempt at selective coloring. Comments?

 

[Al-Wazeer]

It's nice, but the eyes are a bit scary, they look unreal

 

[mar1u5]

It draws all my attention to the mask, like that is the main subject in your picture.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

It draws all my attention to the mask, like that is the main subject in your picture.

Is that not the point of selective coloring??? To make a certain part of the image "pop" out at you?

 

[Robin Usagani]

I see red

 

[mar1u5]

It draws all my attention to the mask, like that is the main subject in your picture.

Is that not the point of selective coloring??? To make a certain part of the image "pop" out at you?

Yes, but why would you want the mask to pop out in this photo - that's what I don't get about it. To me the kid is the main focus in that image, and the mask is just distracting.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

I see red

What does this mean?

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

It draws all my attention to the mask, like that is the main subject in your picture.

Is that not the point of selective coloring??? To make a certain part of the image "pop" out at you?

Yes, but why would you want the mask to pop out in this photo - that's what I don't get about it. To me the kid is the main focus in that image, and the mask is just distracting.

I see what you are saying...this was an attempt at something different.... Would you suggest doing the kid in color, and leaving everything else b&w? Just seemed boring to me that way.

 

[mar1u5]

Experimentation is good. As for selective coloring; most of the time I see it beeing done, it doesn't work for the image. But that's only my personal opinion, not a rule or something As for your image, not having seen the all color version, I'd go with just a plain b&w image.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

Experimentation is good. As for selective coloring; most of the time I see it beeing done, it doesn't work for the image. But that's only my personal opinion, not a rule or something As for your image, not having seen the all color version, I'd go with just a plain b&w image.

Here is the all color image.

 

[eagleseyeview7]

I feel like the kid is a little bit overexposed and so are the highlights in the background, they really lead me away from the subject.

 

[mar1u5]

Having looked at it, I'd go with an all b&w image. But as I said: it's just a personal preference, not any rule that needs to be followed or anything Composition and everything else I like about it.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

Thanks... I agree with you that the b&w is better than the color in this particular shot. Thanks for the comments.

 

[Dominantly]

Instead of selective coloring, you could try selective desaturation. I mean go in and draw down some of the colors in the photo that you want a little less obvious.

Lightroom makes this really fun to do.

 

[DirtyDFeckers]

I'll give it a shot.