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11/17/2004 06:57:19 AM · #1 |
I am very happy with my latest shot, it was in the "macro without flowers" challenge and did very well, I am quite pleased with the result, especially when there were so many eye shots in the challenge.
Oringinally I was going to post a shot with only the eye in colour but was adviced against it as it went against the basic editing rules. Here is the edited shot I was going to post originally, what do you think? Any feedback at all is appreciated.
Edited version, the one I wanted to submit.
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=118983
Image that was submitted:
//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=118979
Edit: Fixed the links, they were only pointing to the thumbnails but I am far from being a webpage specialist, if anyone can show me how to make the thumbnail picture also the link to the pic (so you click on the thumbnail and go to the entry), please enlighten me.
Message edited by author 2004-11-17 07:02:20. |
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11/17/2004 09:57:34 AM · #2 |
| i am always a fan of the single color part, with the rest bw. i would be curious to see the natural eye color though. |
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11/17/2004 10:06:38 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by jjbates4:
i am always a fan of the single color part, with the rest bw. i would be curious to see the natural eye color though. |
Well I tried that too, using desaturation and then history brush to get the natural eye colour back but it just lacks visual impact. This is actually very close to being her eyecolour but just much stronger. Thanx for taking the time to comment. |
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11/17/2004 10:11:19 AM · #4 |
| it is just such a steely blue that it seems a bit over the top, but i am still a fan of the pic. :-) |
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11/17/2004 10:17:40 AM · #5 |
I like them both a lot, but I do love the deep color in the selective-desat one.
You definitely would have been DQ'ed of course. Unless you could find a way use the hue/sat control to desaturate based on color... I haven't used Photoshop much but I seem to recall a way you can select the color range you want to affect with the control, and I'm pretty sure this is legal in Basic Editing because you're not actually selecting a region. |
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11/17/2004 10:28:06 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by skylen:
I like them both a lot, but I do love the deep color in the selective-desat one.
You definitely would have been DQ'ed of course. Unless you could find a way use the hue/sat control to desaturate based on color... I haven't used Photoshop much but I seem to recall a way you can select the color range you want to affect with the control, and I'm pretty sure this is legal in Basic Editing because you're not actually selecting a region. |
Good point on the hue/saturation and I actually thought of it but it just seem too much work and my photoshop skills are only mediocre (at least compared to most photographers) so I doubt I could have pulled it off at all. Thanx for taking the time to comment. |
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11/17/2004 10:35:34 AM · #7 |
I'm not a fan of selective desaturation unless it really adds something to the photo. I'd have voted lower on the desat version. I'd have voted higher on the submitted version if the eyelashes were fully in the shot. Still, excellent capture.
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11/17/2004 11:21:28 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by just-married:
I'm not a fan of selective desaturation unless it really adds something to the photo. I'd have voted lower on the desat version. I'd have voted higher on the submitted version if the eyelashes were fully in the shot. Still, excellent capture. |
Fair enough and I value your opinion, it´s always good to get another take on what I think of a picture, after all everybody has their own tastes and I am not one to tell you that mine is right and yours is wrong. However, in my humble opinion the selective desaturation in this shot(or rather recolouring of the eye as this is not the original colour) adds something to the picture. Thanx for taking the time to comment. |
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11/17/2004 12:00:02 PM · #9 |
I think that partial desaturation is like tube socks in the 80's..it's sure trendy at the time but in 10 years looks ridiculous :-)
Hey, don't get me wrong, I do it occassionally myself...but like all trends, they're eventually not cool anymore. But ahhh, B&W is pure classic. IMVHO.
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11/17/2004 12:16:37 PM · #10 |
| i love this shot. The blue is perfect. Lovely picture. |
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11/17/2004 12:40:52 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GoldBerry:
I think that partial desaturation is like tube socks in the 80's..it's sure trendy at the time but in 10 years looks ridiculous :-)
Hey, don't get me wrong, I do it occassionally myself...but like all trends, they're eventually not cool anymore. But ahhh, B&W is pure classic. IMVHO. |
Hehe, it´s a good comment and you are probably very right but personally I don´t try to think of what is going to happen in 10 years from now. I do agree with you that black and white is classic and as far as I am concerned it will always be THE way to portraits. Also B/W photographs often have more "soul" to them than colour ones and are much more "timeless". Anyway, thanx for taking the time to comment. |
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11/17/2004 01:14:30 PM · #12 |
I like partial desaturation when it looks like a black and white image that has been subtly painted. That's a nice effect.
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11/17/2004 01:19:35 PM · #13 |
i was supprised to find out the other day at a camera club meeting, that there is someone who lives near here that is/was famous for doing selective desaturation... with film!
It's obviously a different technique.. and let me explain :) He started out with a B&W photo, and, with special dyes, "painted" in certain parts. They were translucent dyes that were specially made for film, and with a little luck, gives a great effect. It's apparently quite difficult though, but it's interesting to know that this didn't necessarily start off in the digital realm.
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11/17/2004 01:21:48 PM · #14 |
| There are special dyes and also you could even buy a whole set of different size/colour pens for that. You basically paint on paper. |
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