Bash my selective color

[LeonV]

Rather than hijack deltroid's thread below...

http://www.leonvanella.com/Mimes-sm.jpg

and

http://www.leonvanella.com/IMG_1379 (1)sm.jpg

are my recent experimentations with selective color. Please be as blunt and opinionated as you like. Positive comments are welcome too, but not as educational.

[b1gdaddy]

Don't think colour has added anything to 1st shot, maybe a different colour would be worth a try?. I like the blue jeans in 2nd shot.

[raprazant]

i love the 1st one

[Titus213]

You've got some interesting shots but the conversion is a bit low in contrast and the color could be more saturated.

One has to ask, what's the purpose of selective color? And do you feel you've achieved that purpose?

[Johnboy]

I agree with Perspiring Photographer Dave. I'm not a fan of selective color to begin with, but if you're going to use it, there should be a reason, a thematic purpose. I don't see it with these. They'd both be interesting shots just as B&W.

By the way, if the 2nd shot were a jeans ad it'd be great. I assume it isn't, so then why the color jeans?

[Katsumoru]

I think the second shot would have been better as simply B&W. I can't think of anything in that picture that would look okay with selective color.


But then again I'm biased since I'm not a fan of selective color.

[LeonV]

Don't think colour has added anything to 1st shot, maybe a different colour would be worth a try?. I like the blue jeans in 2nd shot.

Do you mean making some of the selected objects a different color, or just targeting a different part of the picture?

By the way, if the 2nd shot were a jeans ad it'd be great. I assume it isn't, so then why the color jeans?
Just portraits for two young best friends. While doing the processing, I just thought it would be something fun that suited them - no dramatic statement, just a whim. They loved it.

the conversion is a bit low in contrast and the color could be more saturated. I kept the contrast a little higher on the subjects, and the saturation not too pronounced, out of personal taste. I'm glad of your opinion, though - I am curious what degree other people find most appealing.

[H.B.]

I really like em. Especially the second shot. I'd be happy with the shots if I were them too.

HB.

[JBDigitalPhoto]

Usually selective coloring is to draw attention to a certain item. Neither of these two pictures were a good canidate for selective coloring. Usually where you see it is when someone is holding a flower and you bring in the color of the flower. One of my favorites I saw was a small boy playing with a red truck. Everything was B&W and then there was the bright red truck it was very stricking.

All that said, I must say I really like picture #1. It would be better if it was all B&W the white of the dancers outfits in contrast to the dark sky is very dramatic

[Savannah79]

Love the second shot- adorable =D
But then again, I'm a fan of selective coloring. Not as fond of the first, but it would be a pretty hard one to selectively color, since they're all wearing white! (At least that's what it seems)