beware selective coloring haters lol ;)

[Life in Motion]

okay a lot of people hate selective coloring. but i have a whole set of these pics...some with big dimpled grins and etc that look great in color. but since the father of this child is such a huge fan of the team on the hat. i thought i would do something different for it. does it work ? or is the red too much contrast for the black and white?


exif:

Canon Rebel XS 50mm 1.8 lens
f/5
iso100
+0.3 exp bias
1/80sec
noflash

[windrider86]

It al looks the same color to me
sorry, please add your photo

[Life in Motion]

sorry it showed downloaded on the manage attachments before i added the thread...tried again...i think i got it this time

[fuscom]

I'm not a selective color hater by any means, but in this particular photo, I find the St. Louis logo drawing me away from where my eye wants to focus, and that's the baby's right eye. It seems to be too dominant here.

[Life in Motion]

ok so, if i did the same technique to one that was focused on the hat and not the eyes would work out better? i think i have one like that....i'll post it to see if you like that better?

[Jerry.Hammond]

Maybe add color to the eyes, or is this an ad for the team?

[Life in Motion]

hmm...to balance out the color in the photo...might work....i'll try that. no not an ad just for a friend . lol or was that a joke ad for the team lol

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by Life in Motion

hmm...to balance out the color in the photo...might work....i'll try that. no not an ad just for a friend . lol or was that a joke ad for the team lol

Bump up the contrast a tad on the child, desaturate the logo a bit. and I think you would be golden! I wouldn't add any more color, even to the eyes. In the context you were shooting for, I think it actually works. Grey faces on black and whites bug me more than selective coloring. JMO.

[Life in Motion]

loved your advice RLucas. i went back and tried that. but i don't know if i got it quite right? it's definitely an improvement . do you think i need to do more?

[RLucas]

Originally Posted by Life in Motion

loved your advice RLucas. i went back and tried that. but i don't know if i got it quite right? it's definitely an improvement . do you think i need to do more?

It looks much better to me without the pasty face thing going on. Although I like what you captured in the original with the fingers in the mouth better. I think you desaturated the red just enough not to be so distracting. Again, giving us the background on why you wanted to do this, and you actually had an end goal with the selective coloring, I think it works well. I think dad will be happy with it!