Standing Post / B&W or C

bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
edited August 10, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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  • MasonDixonPhotoMasonDixonPhoto Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited August 6, 2011
    B&W or C

    With Photoshop, you can have your cake AND eat it, too.
    For example, with this image, you could create a duplicate layer in Photoshop, convert it to black and white, then use a mask to let the color show through on just the neon orange and yellow vest.
    Best of both worlds!
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 6, 2011
    MasonDixonPhoto wrote: »
    With Photoshop, you can have your cake AND eat it, too.
    For example, with this image, you could create a duplicate layer in Photoshop, convert it to black and white, then use a mask to let the color show through on just the neon orange and yellow vest.
    Best of both worlds!

    Oh boy did you open a can of worms, or maybe I did ?

    Were you suggesting selective color processing ? :wow :D

    Perhaps I was not clear.
    I like the image (wouldn't post if I did not) and like them in both B&W & Color.
    Was really just looking for input on that level but of course welcome your comment as well, just not into selective color at all

    I once had a cake and tried to eat it, almost lost my head :D
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited August 7, 2011
    B&W for me on this one. Whichever you choose, I think it would be a good idea to crop out the bright leaves in the upper left corner.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2011
    +1 pm Richard's comment.

    Va

    Nice to see you posting again. :-)
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 7, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    B&W for me on this one. Whichever you choose, I think it would be a good idea to crop out the bright leaves in the upper left corner.
    Flyinggina wrote: »
    +1 pm Richard's comment.

    Va

    Nice to see you posting again. :-)

    Hi Va wave.gif nice to see you hear as well :D
    Ok I replaced B&W as suggested, refresh your browser.
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  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2011
    I think maybe what mason (or is it Dixon) was suggesting (not to put words in your mouth) is that the strong colors tend to bleed thru on the layering effect he's talking about, while the rest can appear to be desaturated as much or little as you like. This is different than selective color, at least in my mind (but I am know to be delusional at times). Sometimes I use this technique, but I think its tricky and hard to pull off. It is another option that can take the edge off obnoxiously strong color.

    But B&W's good too.
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  • MasonDixonPhotoMasonDixonPhoto Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited August 9, 2011
    jpope42 wrote: »
    I think maybe what mason (or is it Dixon) was suggesting (not to put words in your mouth) is that the strong colors tend to bleed thru on the layering effect he's talking about, while the rest can appear to be desaturated as much or little as you like. This is different than selective color, at least in my mind (but I am know to be delusional at times). Sometimes I use this technique, but I think its tricky and hard to pull off. It is another option that can take the edge off obnoxiously strong color.

    But B&W's good too.
    Nope. That is not at all what I was talking about.
  • jpope42jpope42 Registered Users Posts: 150 Major grins
    edited August 9, 2011
    MasonDixonPhoto wrote: »
    Nope. That is not at all what I was talking about.

    oops, sorry.
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  • MasonDixonPhotoMasonDixonPhoto Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited August 9, 2011
    jpope42 wrote: »
    oops, sorry.
    No worries. :D
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 10, 2011
    jpope42 wrote: »
    But B&W's good too.

    This was the part I understood headscratch.gifrolleyes1.gifrofl

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