English House

[opus]

This is my first attempt at isolating color. What do you think?

I'm not sure if this is some part of Keats House in London, or if it's just a neighboring house on the same street. I don't remember. The raw photo wasn't particularly striking in color, but I thought it might be strengthened by isolating the bright yellow of the door and making the rest of the photo b&w. I also wanted to eliminate the "junk" outside the gate, and its circular shape made it perfect for a vignette.

Comments?

~Kelly

[ChaosCubed]

I, for one, really like it. I am a big fan of colorization! I think it instances it can make real colors really POP. I'm assuming that you didn't change the color of the door? I think it's amazing what colors look like when you isolate them like that. I did one (not great in composition) of my son in black and white and colorized his eyes and they were so blue they looked unreal out of context. LOL.

I also really like the vignette. You're right, the archway to the path almost makes one itself.

I think it's a great shot.

[gahspidy]

I agree with Kate. I think the composition is very good and the archway does frame it nicely. The isolated color on the door is interesting ( i think isolating colors in any b&w pic creates an interesting effect) but I feel this would be good as well in all B&W. The colored door is right smack dead in the center of the shot and while it does not seem to bother me too much, I still continue to evaluate it as it seems to irk me a bit. This scene might look good also if shot through the gates as opposed to over them. All in all I like this. . .good job