Here are a few I took w/ my new P&S last week. I had JUST gotten it the night before I left and there was too much other stuff to do to learn much about the settings.
I actually have Photoshop....is it an application that is used to get the effect? Do tell. Selective coloring makes for nice, creative photos....
Usually, what *I* do is create a copy of the layer containing the image, and convert it to black and white. Then, create a mask, and reveal (or hide, depending on the order of the layers), the parts I want to be colored.
Some great advice on here. I'd suggest get as good a tripod/ball head you can afford. They are invaluable tools in the photographer's arsenal. I've got a decent Manfrotto setup now, but hope to move to Gitzo/Kirk combo sometime this year when I upgrade my equipment.
By the way, consumer level dSLRs can take some great photos. The main reasons you will have to upgrade later are wanting a more robust body, better high ISO shooting (maybe), or a different sensor size (full frame vs. dx). 12MP is plenty of pixel density to print just about anything you will ever want to print, and if you find yourself cropping a lot, you need to learn to walk more to adjust your shot.
I actually have Photoshop....is it an application that is used to get the effect? Do tell. Selective coloring makes for nice, creative photos....
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Originally Posted by FullMonte
Usually, what *I* do is create a copy of the layer containing the image, and convert it to black and white. Then, create a mask, and reveal (or hide, depending on the order of the layers), the parts I want to be colored.
Pretty much what FullMonte said, but I actually delete the part of the image I don't need which keeps the file size a bit smaller.
Make a duplicate copy of the image and change the bottom of the 2 layers to black and white (or sepia... i found sepia really bring out blue eyes the best) and then on the top layer, delete the parts of the picture that you want to be b&w/sepia.
I personally use the Polygon lasso tool and I set the edge to a feather of 1. If you don't use feather you'll get jagged edges. ZOOM IN A LOT and go around the edge of the eyes, objects, etc very slowly. In reference to the green intertube photo.. I recommend not trying to do the entire interube at once because if you accidently double click the lasso tool it will select and you'll have to start all over again so do a good bit of the edge of the object you want.. then select lots of deletable space away from it and loop back around to click the spot where you started to select that area. Hit delete and then go on to the next part until you're done.
There are shortcuts, but I've always had the best results by taking my time and zooming in. I personally recommend Fireworks because it's easy to toggle from layer to layer without having to go to the layers panel like in PS. I've actually spoken with some Adobe experts and they say the same thing. Now PS is "more powerful" but with this method, ease of layer selection is > all the bells and whistle IMO.
I was doing a self-training for Lightroom and one of the exercises was doing selective coloring of a bride, leaving just the bouquet colored. She saw it and raved about it for about 10 minutes about how cool it was.
Since then I've used it exactly once on one of my photos (some flowers at a tomb at a cemetery off Canal st.), and realized how much I loathe the technique.
I do have to admit though, KOS, you do some pretty nice stuff with it. It's just completely not my style.
Which brings up another thing... try to develop a style to your photography.
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I was doing a self-training for Lightroom and one of the exercises was doing selective coloring of a bride, leaving just the bouquet colored. She saw it and raved about it for about 10 minutes about how cool it was.
Since then I've used it exactly once on one of my photos (some flowers at a tomb at a cemetery off Canal st.), and realized how much I loathe the technique.
I do have to admit though, KOS, you do some pretty nice stuff with it. It's just completely not my style.
Which brings up another thing... try to develop a style to your photography.
It's definitely for some people and I know many who are completely against it. I think I do it more because I know I'm such a novice at taking the photos Actually I just love the color of my boys' eyes and just like the process of playing with them to bring out the coor without actually touching the eye color at all. Thanks for the compliment.
It's definitely for some people and I know many who are completely against it. I think I do it more because I know I'm such a novice at taking the photos Actually I just love the color of my boys' eyes and just like the process of playing with them to bring out the coor without actually touching the eye color at all. Thanks for the compliment.
Lately, it seems everything I do is a touch over saturated and a bit too contrasty, but I like it. So I go with it.
Here are a couple more of my kid that are more recent and more to what I tend to gravitate to stylistically.
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Q. What do you call a Dallas Cowboy with a Super Bowl ring?
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I don't care if this one violates the TOS
I was doing a self-training for Lightroom and one of the exercises was doing selective coloring of a bride, leaving just the bouquet colored. She saw it and raved about it for about 10 minutes about how cool it was.
Since then I've used it exactly once on one of my photos (some flowers at a tomb at a cemetery off Canal st.), and realized how much I loathe the technique.
I do have to admit though, KOS, you do some pretty nice stuff with it. It's just completely not my style.
Which brings up another thing... try to develop a style to your photography.
I like black and white. But selective coloring, although a cool idea, has just gotten to the point where it's overused to the point of being cliche, IMO. Personally I don't like it at all (although KOS does have some good stuff there).
I really should post a couple pictures, but I never go to SR at home where all my pictures are. I don't even use a fancy detachable lens, just a higher-end Nikon "point-and-shoot" but it has a manual mode which I'm learning to use. I want a DSLR, but wifey made me choose between that and the reef aquarium
I'm a big fan of macro, but I'm afraid nothing I do can match up with Severum's contributions. Whatever happened to the "photos of the month" threads?
Actually I just love the color of my boys' eyes and just like the process of playing with them to bring out the coor without actually touching the eye color at all. Thanks for the compliment.
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