Pretty young lady

[Fade2]

Please give me an honest opinion.

[saravrose]

honest opinion.. we need a picture..

sari

[Fade2]

Ok you have jokes lol here ya go

[Art Rodriguez]

She has a great smile and I like the composition on this. I don't think that leaving the apple red works for me IMHO. Other than the apple, I think this is a great picture. She is a pretty young lady.

Art

[Saralonde]

I'm not very good at PP, so I always admire people that can do this effect, but the color kind of distracts from the pretty girl with the lovely smile. Other than that I love the picture. Her smile looks so genuine.

[bikerider]

Yep the selctive colour takes away from a very nice B&W portrait, you've captured an excellent moment.
Roger.

[saravrose]

I like it but agree with the others on the apple..

sari

[adam*]

Great photo- agreed about the apple, lose the colour!

[SYS]

On the other hand, I think the red apple would have worked better with her clothing being dark rather than white.

[anokastealth7]

I agree about the apple being distracting from the girl, I think it's a cool effect and it really stnds out in this pic, unfortunately that causes it to take away from your subject

[getting-started]

Have you tried the apple with a bit less saturation? Beautiful shot. The detail is great.

[shadowwolf]

I've always wanted to learn how to produce that effect...but in this case I agree that the B&W would probably be a better choice.

[Titus213]

A pretty girl and I like the smile and the light. I would either lose the red apple or at least tone it down. The other thing that no one has mentioned is her eyes. IMO she is looking a bit too far off to the side.

[subtle_spectre]

I like it with the apple red but think the apple being out of focus is what is making it so distracting.

[Fade2]

Thank you all for your honest opinons.
So here she is color and B/W

[getting-started]

The black and white version looks great. How did you convert it? Gradient map?

[Fade2]

The black and white version looks great. How did you convert it? Gradient map?
The pic is originally in color.
I just desaturated it in Photo shop