Boat selective colouring

Trying a little selective colouring here, let me know what you think.

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The coloring looks fine, but I would prefer to see the whole picture in B&W.

Looks great, I really like the green!

Thanks for the comments. Here it is in B&W...

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i love the selective colouring, maybe you could try "burning" the green a bit to make it a bit darker?

Looks really nice there.
Do you do it through use of the polygon lasso?

Thanks for the comments. I used the mask option and the brush tool to select the boat.

Any chance of a step by step process on how to do it please? Would be greatful if you could.
Thanks!

I really like it. A perfect candidate for se;lective coloring.

very cool image...I need to try this on some of my old photos. Thx for the inspiration!

Good example of selective colouring. Personally prefer the full B&W though, just kinda a little more "dreamy"

Cerbera here are the steps using Photoshop CS2:

Select the mask option from the toolbox (looks like a grey rectangle with a circle in the middle).

Next select the brush tool and press D to set the brush to black. Paint the selection you want and then click on the white rectangle with the circle in the toolbox to show the selection.

Click on the two tone circle at the bottom of the layers palette (create a new adjustment layer).

Select the channel mixer and check the monochrome box.

Now play with the source channels to create the black and white areas leaving the selected area as colour.

Tip: to select the inverse of the selection click the lasso tool and right click the selection. Then select inverse.

Let me know how you get on.

like the b/w version better

Cerbera wrote in post #2864256
Any chance of a step by step process on how to do it please? Would be greatful if you could.
Thanks!

A forum member passed this link along to me. I really like selective coloring. Hope this helps.

http://www.photoshopsu​pport.com/tuto...-coloring.html

Very nice shot I'm not a fan of selective coloring, but this one works for me. But I have to admit to liking the B&W better. How about a desaturated version? (while we are at it )