Selective color?

Hi all!

I have never really liked how selective color on b&w subjects looks. Having said that, when I was processing one image, I thought that it may not look too bad. I do think, though, that it takes attention away from the main focus area of the photo.

Thoughts?

Oh man, no, no, no, no! I love what your doing(as I peek every once in a while) but no not this. My thoughts........to be discarded if need be.

Here is a honest opinion!

Quick question, is it a no at the lens flare or at the original photo as well?

Photo from cubatahavana's gallery.

The color...........the B&W image is just fine.........

I should add that your question was concerning the color.........not a cc.

One option would be do not completely de-saturate, leave a subdued color on the image yet make the red lens pop as in the first. This makes it not so obvious.

Will give this a try tonight

photosbytw wrote in post #18278619
Oh man, no, no, no, no! I love what your doing(as I peek every once in a while) but no not this. My thoughts........to be discarded if need be.

I have kind of the same response to selective color. It just screams.....'I'm an amateur'......'I just got my camera yesterday...see what I made?'

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The original black & white photo is wonderful.

The version with the selective colour added is, well........let's just say that it is "not wonderful".

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photosbytw wrote in post #18278619
Oh man, no, no, no, no! I love what your doing(as I peek every once in a while) but no not this. My thoughts........to be discarded if need be.

saea501 wrote in post #18279737
I have kind of the same response to selective color. It just screams.....'I'm an amateur'......'I just got my camera yesterday...see what I made?'

Tom Reichner wrote in post #18279761
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The original black & white photo is wonderful.

The version with the selective colour added is, well........let's just say that it is "not wonderful".

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Tom Reichner wrote in post #18279761
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The original black & white photo is wonderful.

The version with the selective colour added is, well........let's just say that it is "not wonderful".

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Got it! Never a fan of it myself, but decided to give it a try. Please forgive me

Tom Reichner wrote in post #18279761
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The original black & white photo is wonderful.

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Thanks for that!

cubatahavana wrote in post #18279795
Got it! Never a fan of it myself, but decided to give it a try. Please forgive me

and here we were with the gauntlet formed replete with wet noodles...............​and you went an asked for forgiveness...........

All silliness aside, don't stop experimenting!! Something just might click with right color with the right photo and then you can stick your tongue out at us and go............nah, nah..........na, nah NAH!!!!!

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cubatahavana wrote in post #18279795
Please forgive me

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No forgiveness needed!

Personally, I am glad that you tried this, and I am glad that you presented it here to seek feedback. Just because most people don't like something, doesn't mean that it doesn't have merit. Nor does it necessarily mean that it "doesn't work".

There could be instances in which your selective colour version would be very appropriate.....such as, say.........well, say that it was a photo used in a how-to manual, and you used the selective colour to illustrate which button should be pushed - the selective colour is something that everybody could understand, regardless of their native language!

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I had a bit of time to kill in Norwich the other week, and wandered into a commercial art gallery. I was stunned to find a series of "selective colour" paintings! They were cityscapes, one was the classic British red telephone box, the other a London bus, so what we would probably consider the very bottom of the barrel. They were roughly 30×20 in oils, and selling for about £2500 each. I bet you would struggle to get similar photographic images into a gallery at all.

Alan