Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene

Tobiah · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

Had time to pp a cuba shot tonight from back in november!

It's the people of Cuba that make it such a colourful place. (hence the selective b+w shot )You could not pick a typical cuban they all look differente! Its so wonderful!

CombatCamera13 · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

I like the color photo better. The colors in the building make it more interesting.

Caysnco · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

This is great... i love both images... agree with the buildings adding to the image but you gotta love that selective colouring. Well done.

jlozano180 · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

I like them both, great job

drandtus · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

I like both, Tob. Do prefer the color, but your capture is wonderful. The ball in the air, the worker walking home...really awesome, man. Thanks for sharing this.

runarut · 17th of January 2008 (Thu)

I like them both. Like the B&W with color people. Makes the people pop out. Makes the story about the people, not the buildings.

Tobiah · 18th of January 2008 (Fri)

thanks. thats what i was trying to do. i think theres too much scene and not enough people to do the selective on this one

jlozano180 · 18th of January 2008 (Fri)

How do you do that selective coloring? It looks perfect

Tobiah · 18th of January 2008 (Fri)

the only way I know how

black and white layer and a mask paint thepeople back in

Spike44 · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

I like this (have been to Cuba many times BTW) but more for the composition and balance of your shot. If the man in blue was not there, it would not have been as interesting. The light sliver at the very bottom is s bit distracting to me but what can you do.
Not a big fan of the colorization - to me the buildings give the kids context...its Cuba...its their environment. I sort of disagree with one of the comments below about the colour of the buildings - it is the absence of bright colours that add to this and don't clash with the people. This BTW is another reason why I don't see the need to make the buildings black and white.
It is a "whatever works for you" situation I guess

azpix · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

normally, i can't stand selective color. Yours i like and it works.
my recommendation is to only do selective color on the people playing basketball and to lighten up the basketball to make it stand out more.

nice job.

Anke · 19th of January 2008 (Sat)

Yep, normally I detest selective coolouring, you seem to have found a way to make it look pretty decent. Good show!

Geo · 10th of December 2008 (Wed)

Great pict loll. This is my Country, whit respect to the building color, the problem is that in 50 years, the People no have possibility ($) to buy Pint and other problems are the Govern that never, never in 50 year had repair the street and buildings, Havana, e hold City in Latin America are almost coming dow. So I feel so impressive each time that I see a picture from my country.
Thank for sharing.

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Tobiah Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sale , Manchester ,UK Posts: 1,514 IMAGE EDITING OK	Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene Had time to pp a cuba shot tonight from back in november! It's the people of Cuba that make it such a colourful place. (hence the selective b+w shot )You could not pick a typical cuban they all look differente! Its so wonderful! __________________ [url="http://www.tobiahtayo.com/"][size=2][color=darkorange] [blog] Various canon gear....

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Caysnco Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 619 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene This is great... i love both images... agree with the buildings adding to the image but you gotta love that selective colouring. Well done.

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drandtus Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Gettysburg, PA Posts: 442 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene I like both, Tob. Do prefer the color, but your capture is wonderful. The ball in the air, the worker walking home...really awesome, man. Thanks for sharing this. Last edited by drandtus : 17th of January 2008 (Thu) at 20:17.

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runarut Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 198 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene I like them both. Like the B&W with color people. Makes the people pop out. Makes the story about the people, not the buildings.

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Tobiah Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sale , Manchester ,UK Posts: 1,514 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene thanks. thats what i was trying to do. i think theres too much scene and not enough people to do the selective on this one __________________ [url="http://www.tobiahtayo.com/"][size=2][color=darkorange] [blog] Various canon gear....

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Spike44 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,799 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene I like this (have been to Cuba many times BTW) but more for the composition and balance of your shot. If the man in blue was not there, it would not have been as interesting. The light sliver at the very bottom is s bit distracting to me but what can you do. Not a big fan of the colorization - to me the buildings give the kids context...its Cuba...its their environment. I sort of disagree with one of the comments below about the colour of the buildings - it is the absence of bright colours that add to this and don't clash with the people. This BTW is another reason why I don't see the need to make the buildings black and white. It is a "whatever works for you" situation I guess

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azpix Goldmember Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chandler, Arizona USA Posts: 3,293 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Another Cuba Shot - Street Basket ball! Great scene normally, i can't stand selective color. Yours i like and it works. my recommendation is to only do selective color on the people playing basketball and to lighten up the basketball to make it stand out more. nice job. __________________ Gear- 7d, 24-70L, sigma 70-200, Sigma 120-400, canon 50 1.4, Canon 100 2.0,sigma 10-20, Sigma 24mm 1.8 and a canon G11.

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