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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/16/2002 01:38:09 PM · #1

Picture I submitted

Flower Girl (original)
This is the original picture of Chandraya. Have you seen the pictures of the little girls and boys in b/w and sepia tones and then part of the picture painted. I am not sure who the photographers names are, but that is the effect I was trying to get without braking any rules. I chose the light background because it looks more innocent looking. Is there a way I could have done this differently? I would really like to know, if you have the time. What would you do to get the effect?
Thanks Sonja]

Message edited by author 2002-12-16 13:40:08.

HBunch

HP PhotoSmart 315

12/16/2002 01:44:12 PM · #2

The link to the original shows up the same as the link to the one you submitted. To get the effect, I'd lower the saturation and then adjust the color to bring out the color you want to stand out. I have a real simple editor though and can't it to look right, but I know that with some editors, you can kill all the colors but the one you want to stand out. I get dim color, and I wish I could get bright color. I really liked that shot, by the way.
~Heather~
lol...nevermind, you fixed the link.

Message edited by author 2002-12-16 13:44:38.

Chaszmyr

Canon EOS-40D

12/16/2002 02:21:45 PM · #3

I actually liked the original shot better... I thought the one you submitted seemed a little too faded, even though I know it was intentional.

myqyl

Nikon D3100

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR

12/16/2002 03:40:34 PM · #4

This was one of the few 10s I gave last week. I like the one you submitted better because the muted colors gave it a dreamlike feel. Wonderful shot!

Azrifel

Fujifilm X100VI

12/16/2002 05:19:19 PM · #5

And I like the original colors more. :-)))

12/16/2002 06:22:44 PM · #6

Thanks all,
There is one more question. How do you make a photo look b/w, but yet still have a one bright color stand out, like red? Does anyone know? I think they need a tuturial on that.

Jak

Fujifilm FinePix S602Z

12/16/2002 06:38:01 PM · #7

You reduce saturation on all hues to 0 except the hue that you want to remain. That's the 16 word answwr; I'm sure there will be better!

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR

12/16/2002 07:52:31 PM · #8

I tried to take out all color besides the color I wanted and the picture turned red. Now what?

myqyl

Nikon D3100

12/16/2002 08:27:12 PM · #9

For this to work you need a shot that has only one object that is red, with everything else as far away from red as possible. If you have a lot of purple, it will turn red when you take out the blue, so you need true blues, greens ect...

For example, in Roadside Remberance the tail light of the passing car stayed red...

Do you have a link to the shot you want to do this with?

magnetic9999

Canon EOS-20D

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

12/17/2002 07:54:31 AM · #10

hey sonja

i far prefer the original colors :)

BigSmiles

Canon EOS-10D

12/17/2002 08:08:40 AM · #11

Me too. the colours look much nicer in the original. She looks too yellow/jaundiced in the modified version.