Selective Coloring: Am I on the Right Track?

[photoguy99]

I don't even have enough time to shoot the b&w I want to get done. Maybe when the kids are older.

 

[DavidVote]

I don't even have enough time to shoot the b&w I want to get done. Maybe when the kids are older.

Yeah... All you really have to worry about in black and white are the blacks and whites

 

[gsgary]

I don't even have enough time to shoot the b&w I want to get done. Maybe when the kids are older.

Yeah... All you really have to worry about in black and white are the blacks and whites

Thats rubbish

 

[DavidVote]

I don't even have enough time to shoot the b&w I want to get done. Maybe when the kids are older.

Yeah... All you really have to worry about in black and white are the blacks and whites

Thats rubbish

That wasn't supposed to be serious

My bad if it didn't sound the way I intended

 

[gsgary]

I don't even have enough time to shoot the b&w I want to get done. Maybe when the kids are older.

Yeah... All you really have to worry about in black and white are the blacks and whites

Thats rubbish

That wasn't supposed to be serious

My bad if it didn't sound the way I intended

Just pulling your leg

 

[DoctorDino]

I can't really comment on the selective coloring because I'm not a fan of it, but my favorite shots composition wise are the 2nd and 3rd. Both of those are nice shots.

Ask yourself - what is the message you're trying to convey? If there is a specific message, that's the part of the image you'll want to stand out.

 

[Rob Powell]

I thought these pictures were quite interesting. The boy and the gutter needed no explanation I thought that was fairly obvious. In fact too obvious and the colours were a bit too strong for my liking. The other two I could read many things into which as an art form is sometimes best left down to the viewer.

The answer to your question in my opinion is yes, you probably are on the right track but not quite there yet. And maybe where you get to will not be sc but I think you are going somewhere.

I look forwarded to seeing more your photos as they develop!

 

[Vince.1551]

Rather then just commenting on the issues with SC on the photos why not post some photos that you think SC works so the OP has a visual how SC should be used ;-)

I like all 3 btw.

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[DavidVote]

Rather then just commenting on the issues with SC on the photos why not post some photos that you think SC works so the OP has a visual how SC should be used ;-)

I like all 3 btw.

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I don't think the forum allows it. If you are going to link a picture it should be from the original source.

But if you search up good examples of selective coloring, there's a lot of examples. There's one with taxis that is good.

 

[waday]

For an example, I like this by Lew:
the Side of the Road Photography Forum

 

[Vince.1551]

I don't mean posting links. Commenters can work on their own images and show an example of the good use of SC ;-)


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[RichieTang]

I took people's advice (i think) and took the coloring down several notches in the 2nd photo. Is this more pleasing to the eye? (first is the altered one based on suggestions, second is the one you'd find on the first page)

and yes. I have been looking at a lot of examples. The Taxis (new york/yellow cabs) one really is amazing. And I want people to know that I don't use SC for every single photographs. I only use it on photos that I believe work with it (still need a lot of practice), or photos I specifically arrange so that I can use SC. I only apply this form of post-processing on maybe 1 out of 200 useable photos.

 

[DavidVote]

I took people's advice (i think) and took the coloring down several notches in the 2nd photo. Is this more pleasing to the eye? (first is the altered one based on suggestions, second is the one you'd find on the first page)
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and yes. I have been looking at a lot of examples. The Taxis (new york/yellow cabs) one really is amazing. And I want people to know that I don't use SC for every single photographs. I only use it on photos that I believe work with it (still need a lot of practice), or photos I specifically arrange so that I can use SC. I only apply this form of post-processing on maybe 1 out of 200 useable photos.

How about you try bringing in a tiny bit amount of color back into everything else in the image?

 

[RichieTang]

I took people's advice (i think) and took the coloring down several notches in the 2nd photo. Is this more pleasing to the eye? (first is the altered one based on suggestions, second is the one you'd find on the first page)
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and yes. I have been looking at a lot of examples. The Taxis (new york/yellow cabs) one really is amazing. And I want people to know that I don't use SC for every single photographs. I only use it on photos that I believe work with it (still need a lot of practice), or photos I specifically arrange so that I can use SC. I only apply this form of post-processing on maybe 1 out of 200 useable photos.

How about you try bringing in a tiny bit amount of color back into everything else in the image?

I could be wrong, but if I brought back a bit of color into everything else, then it wouldn't be SC...

 

[480sparky44 43]

How about you try bringing in a tiny bit amount of color back into everything else in the image?

I could be wrong, but if I brought back a bit of color into everything else, then it wouldn't be SC...

I would say it is. You're selecting some colors to be bright and vivid, and selecting others to be muted and desaturated.