Does selective colour work on this ?

[MarkyLandon]

It's been ages since I've done a selective colour shot... but my son's piercing blue eyes and the otherwise high key effect seemd to lend itself to this treatment. What do you think ??

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 0.00
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired +3.0 EV flash compensation (580EXII into ceiling)

[peeperita]

i think it's one of the few times that i really like selective coloring.....good thought process on your part realising it's potential.....

peeper

[Tara333]

I love it! Now post in the "How I Did It" section so I can learn that technique! ) I'm super new at this and I'd love to use this effect on some of my friends as they have beautiful blue eyes as well.

[MarkyLandon]

Tara, click on the image and it'll take you to my flickr stream and there is a full description in there. The 1st "secret" if you can call it that is shooting in manual mode so that you control the exposure and the flash. If you shoot in auto or Av the camera will try to expose for the background and in low light this will mean a slow shuuter speed. Shooting in manual means that you can "overide" that and get the flash to expose for the subject. Having an external flash that you can bounce off a wall or ceiling helps. The second part after you've got the shot is all in the post processing. I use Photoshop CS 3... and again the details of what I did is on my flickr stream.

[daddyoproductions]

I'm a fan of high key with the colour pop eyes and this is just crystal clear....very nice!