Am I getting better? - DPChallenge Forums

04/29/2006 12:00:43 AM · #1

This is my last challenge entry;

And this is my first entry;

fotomann_forever

04/29/2006 12:02:26 AM · #2

Yes, you seem to be, although I think the red shirt in the latest entry distracted from the real center of focus of the shot.

tngrndream

04/29/2006 12:06:07 AM · #3

i would say definitely.

assuming the 2 photos are typical shots that you used to take and currently take.

04/29/2006 12:07:09 AM · #4

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Yes, you seem to be, although I think the red shirt in the latest entry distracted from the real center of focus of the shot.

I know - Had it all in Black and White, but the shirt didn't look very "NEW" in Gray. - Maybe I should've made it a nice cheesie yellow colour....

tngrndream

04/29/2006 12:12:00 AM · #5

maybe coloring the hat would have helped accentuate that the dress and the hat were both new. would have added a bit more color and still kept the B&W/color look to it.

04/29/2006 12:16:01 AM · #6

Originally posted by tngrndream:

maybe coloring the hat would have helped accentuate that the dress and the hat were both new. would have added a bit more color and still kept the B&W/color look to it.

Very True - problem was that the HAT is black - and a nice dark velvet black at that. My Advanced editing skills are not close to the level of getting black to another colour.
Some people DO like the red colour though. Personally I enjoy it MUCH more than the Gray. Comparing the two, the one with the red looks MUCH more alive than the B&W.

tngrndream

04/29/2006 12:22:53 AM · #7

i am horrible at post processing. i cannot do most of the stuff that goes on here. i can sort of do the recoloring thing, but not where it looks real.

i have been working at it a bit and am getting better but still not up to par.

i was thinking that the hat could be like purple and the dress red with the rest in B&W.

fotomann_forever

04/29/2006 12:25:50 AM · #8

Originally posted by tngrndream:

i can sort of do the recoloring thing, but not where it looks real.

i have been working at it a bit and am getting better but still not up to par.

It's pretty easy. You just use a B&W layer over a color layer and mask or delete from the B&W layer what you want to be in color.