Selective Colour

[BertRoot]

Been messing around taking shots of the kids today trying to get used to my battery grip with a hand that is still only halfway healed. Quite liked this opne myself. What do you lot think?



Taken with the 24-105 with IS switched off.

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired

[greens117]

i like it bud, how did you do the colour ?

[BertRoot]

Copied the apple to another layer, black and whited the other layer, fiddled with the saturation of the colour layer and then flattened it.

[super mike]

I like the shot and the effect a lot, the apple looks great. But the cushions in the foreground are very off putting and drag my eye away from the subject.

[nitelife]

I like it, any reason why you had the is turned off?

[BertRoot]

Shooting at 1/200 with flash makes use of it pointless. No need for IS if the focal length is less than the shutter speed unless you have the DTs.

[muttleymacclad]

I think it works well Bert. I'd be in agreement with Mike that nmaybe a tighter crop would remove some of the cushions causing a distraction.

mml

[BertRoot]

Can't crop out the cushions really as I would crop some of her out but may have a fuck about in PS with them to darken them down a bit.

Cheers.

Here is one without the apple and a tighter crop.

[muttleymacclad]

doesn't have the same impact without the selective colour.

mml

[misko]

brilliant well done

[chesser]

love the one with the apple Bert superb!

[nitelife]

The second one is still fantastic, without the selective colour it just becomes a different type of shot, very nice both of them Bert.

[peterc4]

good use of selective colour, suits the pic, i would crop just below the elbow though, a nice pic none the less

[WRATH OF BOD]

love that affect

[cybollox]

very nice Bert, great technique.