Working with Black and White photos

[Novaman]

I really enjoy Black and White , however I do see some Black and White with a touch of Red .I am interested in attempting this type of photograph . Can anyone recommend a link or have instructions available ?

Thanks

 

[ann]

Do you mean, one item is in red? That is selective coloring, or hand color techique.

If you mean an other all hint of magenta , that can come from several things. Uncalibrated monitor is effecting the view, toned image.

Link a sample for more help.

 

[KmH]

Also explore - duotone, tritone and quadtone.

A B&W:

A Duotone (magenta bl 3 preset)

and a custom Duotone:

 

[Novaman]

Yes ..one item in a Black and White photo is Red ..looks interesting ! I was wondering how that is done .

Thanks

 

[WesternGuy]

I remember doing this sort of thing in a Photoshop Elements course a few years ago. If I remember correctly, you select the object whose colour you want to retain, for example, it might be a rose (red) or a fire hydrant (red/yellow) and then you invert the selection to give the rest of the image as the selected portion. You can then use some of the sliders, sorry I can't remember which ones, to turn the selection black and white, i.e., desaturate the image, leaving the unselected object coloured. You should also be able to do this in Photoshop and maybe other editing applications that allow you to manipulate the image at the pixel level. Here are a couple of examples from the web...maybe they will help:

Photoshop Techniques - Selective Coloring

Selective Color Photoshop Tutorial

photoSIG » How to leave color with Photoshop (selective colouring)


Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[Novaman]

Thanks Western Guy ! Very much appreciated !!

 

[GeneralBenson]

You're talking about selective coloring, or selective black and white, and it's the worst reason to open photoshop. It almost always look terribly awful, cliche, and not remotely artistic, as much as people think it might look that way. For me, it's the equivalent of an author who, instead of crafting their words in such a way that a certain important piece of the text jumps out and grabs the reader's attention, decided to just print that piece of text in red and with bold letters. Might as well just photoshop in some arrows in you image pointing at what you want to focal point to be.

If you want viewers to be drawn to a certain part of your image draw them there through the finely crafted use of composition, leading lines, control of light, removal of competing elements and subtle editing techniques. But the standard approach to selective coloring is like a big neon sign which reads: "Look at me! Look at me!".

I have seen some very good examples of selective coloring, but they are very few and far between, and mostly in cinema. Namely Schindlers List and Sin City. But for the most part, I've hated nearly every example that I've seen.

 

[The_Traveler]

I have seen some very good examples of selective coloring, but they are very few and far between, and mostly in cinema. Namely Schindlers List and Sin City. But for the most part, I've hated nearly every example that I've seen.

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the barely-red coat in Schindler's List