Blue Raincoat

[Greg McCary]

To simple or does it work?

[bindows]

I like it because the blue brings out a little life to the dreary colors. I wonder if it'd stand out even more if you desaturated the greens a little.

[GiGi]

This is neat. I'd love to see the background in Black & White and just the man and umbrella in color.... (forget the name for this technique)

[Frog]

Saw this is 'capture a stranger' ans wondered what the guy was doing walking around in a bathrobe.
The subject is fine but I find the bg too busy and disjointed.
If you could have zoomed in on him against that brick wall or maybe in front of those trees.
I'd have shot too.

[danic]

It's both. It is simple, but it also works. That's the beauty with it. You could selective colour the photo, or convert it to B&W, but I think it looks just fine as it is. Everything around the guy helps bring out the vibrant blue he is wearing.

[GB1]

You're on to something here Greg, though I am not sure what it is. It seems to have great spot color and good humor also. It makes me wonder why a fellow dressed like that would be walking through what could be a college dorm area or even a simple apt building domain. I think I would prefer a tad more foreground just to place it better.

[Greg McCary]

Thanks all. Frog I started to clone the car and person in the background but in the end I left it as is. No zoom. I used the M6 on this one.
Thanks GB, Funny you should mention college. This is in front of the "High Rise" as we call it. Low income housing for the elderly. But to me "she" looks more like she is going to a graduation ceremony than to the bank, where she was really heading. The eye popping blues is what made me notice her to begin with. LOL
I really appreciate the help everyone. I take note every time out. Thanks a million.

[starriderrick]

This is neat. I'd love to see the background in Black & White and just the man and umbrella in color.... (forget the name for this technique)

-GiGi, I think it's called,Select coloring.
I agree. B & W ,the blue would pop right off the screen.

Nice work,Greg.This blue really pulls you in,that determination in the stride makes you think..."where to"?
I really like GiGi's idea,It would be cool to see that style also. :thumbsup:

Rick

[Greg McCary]

Thanks Rick. I did remove some of the color from the background with a channel mixer layer.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Greg,
I like the composition and the tone of the picture.
yoyo

[Greg McCary]

Thanks YoYo

[Don Schaeffer]

I like the composition very much. The setting looks too neat and respectible to ghave an emotional impact for me.

[Greg McCary]

Thanks Don.

[A.M.D.A.]

Greg –

I think it works very nicely. Simple, yes, but that's good, since there isn't anything to distract.

Good composition. And color, especially the raincoat. Also, I like the teeny bit of blur on the person's foot, this little detail adds "motion" to the shot, nice job. Her "frozen" step is perfect. I honestly can't see any way to further improve in post-processing, everything looks fine to me, even after several scrutiny's.

If at all there would be something to complain about (which there really isn't anything major) I would say a somewhat darker sky with more detail, since it appears to be right on the edge of "washed out". But again, don't worry about it, I just wanted to add a touch of "negative" to my post, not only a bunch of "positive".

Great, interesting work, my eye goes in and stays in for a long time...

[Greg McCary]

Thanks A.M.D.A.