Imitation hand coloring of B&W can be effective, but you have to be
careful to avoid halos around your colored layer. Just think of it as a
case of Less is More, unless you intended for it to look the way it
does, in which case to quote Emily Litela . /Nevermind/.
On 10/3/2010 12:52 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
This is a shot I took way back at the end of May, shortly after I got
my K-x. I've been tinkering with it off and on ever since and can't
bring myself to abandon it, as it was the first in-flight bird I ever
captured that I was somewhat proud of. The color of the background
was absolutely horrid in the original photo, and it was pretty noisy
by K-x standards. I messed with toning down the colors (it was an
abhorrent mix of brown, green, rust, and yellow originally) until I
finally decided it looked best with everything desaturated out, except
for the red of the bird. I'm still trying to deal with some ugliness
on the beak, but I'm slowly getting it out of there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5045841583/
K-x, DAL 50-200mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1250 sec
It was shot in jpeg format, so I'm somewhat limited in my options.
And this is a resized (2400 pixels long-side) version after some minor
cropping (I'm trying to stay as close to the original resolution as
possible for now). Any tips on what I can do, aside from the
cropping, to make it a more effective image?
Comments, critiques, and/or relentless hectoring welcome.
Best,
Walt
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bankruptcy."
-Woody Allen
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