Selective Color

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MrRamonG

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Took my wife and daughter out to the park my wife and I got married 5 years ago. Snapped this one while my little girl was looking out over a creek.
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60mm prime
no flash
f / 4.5
ISO 200
1/80
 

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STM

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Using spot color can be an effective tool for isolating a subject or a certain aspect of the image. Some people say it is over used but I honestly don't see it very often.
 
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Hminx

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The model is an absolute cutie and can't be faulted, on the other hand the selective colour thing is more of a personal appeal thing, probably more popular with non photographers I think. The things that I've noticed about this is, the pole sticking from her back, and the image seems a little flat, possibly needing a little more contrast. The blown out bokeh also tries to pull your eye away from the main subject.
 
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Michael J.

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looks much better if you ask me. The white spots are now gone and the eyes can concentrate on the motive now. Thumbs up!
 
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MrRamonG

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Hminx said:
The model is an absolute cutie and can't be faulted, on the other hand the selective colour thing is more of a personal appeal thing, probably more popular with non photographers I think. The things that I've noticed about this is, the pole sticking from her back, and the image seems a little flat, possibly needing a little more contrast. The blown out bokeh also tries to pull your eye away from the main subject.
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Selective color usually rubs me the wrong way... not always a fan of it. But I've seen lots of professional portfolios with selective color images in them so I'm not quite sure what you mean that it is more popular with non photographers.
 
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MrRamonG

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STM said:
I did some quick and dirty tweaking of the image, what do you think?
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Looks very nice! thanks. wasn't quite sure what to do about the bright spots. was afraid adjusting the levels would distort the rest of the image. And it looks like you addressed the flatness Hminx was talking about.
 
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