Took this photo at the park. The only person not paying attention to the game, besides me. It's quite big to upload so heres the link (http://www.rowelldionicio.net)

Nice shot and post work. It's a good modern depiction of life in the city.

You gallery has very well thought out photos. Thanks for sharing.

Nice shot and post work. It's a good modern depiction of life in the city.

You gallery has very well thought out photos. Thanks for sharing.


Thank you!! I just recently re-started in photography and I just learned how to do that b&w and color combo a few minutes ago. Quite easy.

Ube -

Welcome back to photography. I like the color on B&W work. As for composition, next time I would add a little more space in front of her: This would (sort of) "lead" her in the direction she's looking and would also move her away from the center of the frame. Shoot for the 1/3 or 2/3 points in the frame. This usually always works (though it can be a little formulative after awhile).

GB

care to teach someone bw/color combos? or head them in the right direction..... is it a simple crop out subject make bw and add back in?

care to teach someone bw/color combos? or head them in the right direction..... is it a simple crop out subject make bw and add back in?

it's really easy, duplicate your color layer, de-saturate the color on the top layer, then select and delete from the top layer the parts you want to be in color.. it will show through from the bottom layer.

-Jeff

Even easier than that.
Layer > Duplicate layer > ok.
Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation turned right down.
Then grab the eraser tool and erase what you want colour. Zooming in and using smaller brushes for more intricate areas :thumbsup:

Nice shot. And thanks for the info on the color with B&W. I'm going to have to play with that a bit now.

Nice shot!

As for post processing, well i guess you missed a spot above her right shoulder :)

There is a better way to do this without having to duplicate the layer.

Just select what you want to remain in color and then go to Select>Select Inverse
Then Select>Feather and put a value (1 to 3 is enough)

Then in Image>Adjustments>Desaturate

For precise selection and details of process, i would suggest the following:

Using the Pen tool, draw the shape you want in color. Then hit control+enter or go to Paths and at the bottom of the palette there is a button that says "Transform work path to active selection" click it! Then at the bottom of the tools palette, choose quick mask mode, everything in red will be outside of the selection. using the brush tool, draw over the areas you don't want to select, if you make a mistake just use the eraser tool. You will need to zoom in for the best possible selection
Then go back to standard mode (next to quick mask) and go to Select>Select Inverse
then again Select>Feather it will open up a dialogue box which will ask you for how many pixels, 1 or 2 is good, depending on what you want. This will make a smooth transition between both color and B&W.
After the feather, got to Adjustments>Desaturate, and voila!


This will leave you with a small file size as opposed to having a large .PSD file due to the addition of layers.