Is it too much processing

[Life in Motion]

my daughter and her cousin stopping to pick flowers during the easter egg hunt. Is it too much processing?

canon eos digital rebel xs
1/200 sec
f/10
42mm

[mandyatm]

Yes I think so. The selective coloring in this puts the attention on their clothes and that little house, not on them. I would stick to either all b&w or all color.

[Life in Motion]

well they seem to blend too much into the background when in color or bw...hmmm...just trying to get them to pop a little. but i think it is too much probably too. i'll try a couple of others things...thanks for your input

[Life in Motion]

do you like this? I just added a filter on top...

[archersdad]

I think it still looks over-processed. Would you mind posting the original? It can take a while to get right, but you could convert to B&W and dodge the background or mask it and apply a blur to reduce its impact on the picture.

[Life in Motion]

the problem is all the colors are so vibrant and it seems to make the kids not stand out?

[LoveDSLR]

Just having fun with complementary colors:

[slc_shutterbug]

Originally Posted by LoveDSLR

Just having fun with complementary colors:

DSLR, I really love your version!

[mandyatm]

The color one is miles better. You can blur the background to make it less noticeable.

[Life in Motion]

okay i touched it up and just brightened the colors around the kids felt like they look oversaturated when i tried to do the whole picture. so I slightly blured the background and slected the kids and just saturated and darkened everything else....is this better?

I get so caught up in all the photo-brush options it's hard not to find ways you can use them lol...i know tale tale sign of a beginner . But I felt this image could withstand something neat done to it. however it does look but just color