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B&W & COLOR PHOTOS
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:55 pmby Wombat124
I like the concept of leaving a little bit of colour in a photo converted to B&W - as a statement about the photo. Below are 4 images taken with my D70 which I have worked on for this purpose:
Canberra Show 2005
Thames River In the Rain 2004
Hampton Court 2004
Easter Show 2005
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:02 pmby sirhc55
It’s good fun wombat
IMO number 2 works the best because it is subtle. #3 does not work at all. #4 is not bad and #1 is fun.
Keep on
PS’ing
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:02 pmby MHD
Hmmm my favs are the first and last
first: thats really red red
second: now that is a classic image!
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:09 pmby Wombat124
Thanks Chris and Scot
The sauce in Image 1 is real - no playing around with in in
PS.
Get the point on No 2 - I thought it may be too obvious i.e. not subtle as Chris said.
Steve
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:17 pmby Greg B
Number 1 looks well dodgy.
I love #2, excellent shot
3 and 4 are OK.
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:25 pmby xerubus
the ps work is done very well... congrats.
how are you converting your b&w? perhaps it's just me, but the conversion looks washed out?
i love the first shot... what is he thinking? who are the dagwoods for? etc.. nice story.
the second one has great old world charm... a nice sepia or duotone would work very well with this shot..
cheers
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:37 pmby Wombat124
Greg and Xerubus
Thanks comments.
I use Channel Mix or Saturation depending on the subjcet - dark bits or light bits. I will try the sepia and post it if it looks Ok - No 2 is my fav as well.
The original No 1 is below - I haven't changed the colour - maybe the starkness with the grayscale show it up more, dont' know:
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:57 pmby mic
Hi Wombat124
Nice Pics, I really like the 1st
Whats your way of doing this process ?
Thanks,
Mic.
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:18 pmby Wombat124
Mic
Thanks for comments.
I users layers in Photoshop; and in the background layer I use the Magic Wand Tool to highlight the area I want to reamin coloured: I then use Select/Inverse to highlight the remaining area and then destaturate or Channel Mix that part; then flatten image. That is the roughly my workflow - of course you can use any other technique to turn to B&W / Sepia/ Duotone.
Steve
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:03 pmby Nicole
My favourites are the second and last. Interesting concept.
Posted:
Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:57 pmby Killakoala
It's great to play around with this type of thing and see which ones work and which ones don't. I really like the one with the boats, it seems more natural than the others.
Well done and keep doing it