First time watercoloring

[TexasShutterBug]

My sons first time with paint.

I hope I put this in the right area.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/texasshutterbug/2314317133/" title="First time with Paint by, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2314317133_42a0d9f063.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="First time with Paint" /></a>

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 54 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
Flash: Flash fired


Wondering how I can make it better, or if anything is good about it. Thanks in advance

[TexasShutterBug]

hmmm no one cares to give me any feedback?

[Liz Caldwell]

I like it, very nice. I like the selective coloring, and the sepia tone works really well.

Sometimes we miss posts, cause a lot of us use the New Posts button :)

Thanks for sharing!

[cwesnidge]

was there anypaint on his hands if so id like to see the paint pop against the skin

[TexasShutterBug]

was there anypaint on his hands if so id like to see the paint pop against the skin I thought about that. I went back and looked and the paint was black all over his hands so im not sure if it matters the way it is.
What about the paint on the paper? Should i leave it as it is or show the color there?

[wulf]

I hope I put this in the right area.
We seem to mainly be talking about the post-processing to selectively colour this shot so I have moved it to a different critique section.

I like the fact this is on sepia rather than black and white but I am still not a fan of selective colouration as a whole. I think one of the aspects I don't like is hard lines between coloured and monochrome areas. I wonder if I would be won over if there were less obvious lines round the bits of paint?

To be fair though, I'm a hard person to please when it comes to this technique so don't judge your success by my opinion ;)

Wulf

[cwesnidge]

i think i would leave the paper in sepia otherwise adding color might take attention away from your son and his watercolor pallete

[Murtasma]

I think having the paint on his hand in color could create a more powerful image. Right now it just looks like they are dirty becuase the color is black. I would also place the water color dish in a diffrent location so it's not hidden by the shadow of the hand.