Piled my daughter's stuffed animals/pillows around her head. Selected and desaturated her face. Added some saturation to the rest of the shot. Levels and contrast. Cropped a bit for better centering.
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The reason this doesn't work is that we're supposed to feel attachment to the child but she is the least colourful thing here...what about the reverse picture?....everything b/w except the girl?
Personally, I like partial desat shots but there are many who will score it down because they reckon it has taken the attention away from the subject.I think it does quite the opposite.
I hope that doesn`t happen to you..good luck
Fun! It's a wonderful and colorful setup with great exposure - producing a nice feel. My on;y complaint is that your model doesn't exactly portray the feeling it deserves. Evenso, it's one of the stonger enties.
Neat idea, I may have gone the other way having the childs face in color and all the surroundings done in b/w (and possibly blurred a bit). That would insure we are steered to the center of picture. As it stands the surrounding are much to colorful and festive to not have the eyes wander to look at.
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