Heron, Color or B&W

Johnathan Aulabaugh

Johnathan Aulabaugh

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hey everyone I was hoping to get a little feed back on the images below. I really like the image but am hoping for feed back as to peoples thoughts on what looks better
I do realize that using a selective color can be some what gimmicky but I enjoy it on the B&W here. Thanks you

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Marcel

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I prefer the B&W since I find the green very distracting. Have you tried just desaturating the green and leave the water and the pelican?
 
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theregsy

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I like the B&W but with the heron being almost entirely black and white I am not sure it works for me, I think in this case the colour image has a good blur on the background making the heron stand out nicely. I would normally go for the pop, but in this case I think the colour version shades it a little.

Nice capture :)
 
Johnathan Aulabaugh

Johnathan Aulabaugh

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thank you for the feed back guys, now not to throw a monkey wrench in the mix but I had read marcels comment earlier and decided to play with it a little more... tell me if this is better.
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Marcel

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You could leave some color on the bird's wings as well. There is a slight blue cast on them that would add something to the depth of the wings.

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Johnathan Aulabaugh

Johnathan Aulabaugh

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I see. hmmm, I brought down the green saturation in raw and increased the blue luminance but it still took that little cool color cast out. yeah I will have to play with that a little more. I almost think a combo of the bird in color with the background being B&W might work... I have work to do but it might come down to giving the option of the B&W and the full color
 
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Rick M

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I'd like to see the bird in full color with the BW backgroud. The first bw still gets my vote over these last 2 versions.
 
Johnathan Aulabaugh

Johnathan Aulabaugh

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hahaha So I have been getting some great feed back on this image. both from fellow photographers and my target market. Oddly the desaturated image is a big no go. the selective color has been well received and the full color has been well received. So as some had asked to see I sat down for a while this morning and separated the heron from the background. this is converted to B&W with a green pass filter.

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Rick M

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Johnathan Aulabaugh said:
hahaha So I have been getting some great feed back on this image. both from fellow photographers and my target market. Oddly the desaturated image is a big no go. the selective color has been well received and the full color has been well received. So as some had asked to see I sat down for a while this morning and separated the heron from the background. this is converted to B&W with a green pass filter.

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Awesome, Nice Job!!
 
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Carz4ever

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How is that done, sorry if its a dumb question. How do you pick and choose what is gray scale ? or what is the effect called so i can look it up.
thanks
 
Marcel

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Carz4ever said:
How is that done, sorry if its a dumb question. How do you pick and choose what is gray scale ? or what is the effect called so i can look it up.
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It's done in post processing. You have to duplicate the layer, use the b&W filter, then use a mask to paint with black in the mask to reveal the color under the painted area. That is if you use Photoshop (maybe paint brush pro or elements have layers too?)
 
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