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Bringing Colour into Life


Bringing Colour into Life
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Copyright: Gerd VDC (GerdVDC) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 181 W: 1 N: 193] (749)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-26
Categories: Artwork
Camera: Benq DC E53+, 512Mb SD Card
Exposure: f/2.8
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-16 17:22
Viewed: 467
Points: 17
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Photograph of a painter at the Place du Tertre in Montmartre. This little square is literally packed with artists, some with a more commercial attitude than others. This man was one of those painters that didn't mind the tourists very much, and just did what painters do: bringing a little colour into life.

This was originally a digital colour photograph; I copied the colour version to the clipboard, then converted the original to black and white. Then, I added a layer and pasted the coloured version over the black and white version. Then I did the following: Layer -> Layer Mask -> Reveal All (this to add a layer mask to the color image). After that, I removed the colour again with the brush tool, leaving only the paintings highlighted.

(special thanks to my girlfriend for patiently removing the details of the colours)

Any comments are appreciated.
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Hello Gerd, very interesting effect here and like how it highlights the key elements of this shot - the paintings. The man sitting in the background is kind of distracting, as he is situated right between the painter's face and the wall of paintings.

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12487 W: 261 N: 16470] (65895)
  • [2006-05-18 6:52]

Hallo Gerd,
Misschien ban ik een klein beetje eens met de vopruge schrijver betreffende het gezicht van d eman in de diepte, maar dit is nu eenmaal met een daily life shot, maar ik moet eveneens uw vriendin proficiat wensen voor de gepreseteerde resultaat qua kleuring, de hoek vind ik wel zeer goed genomen.
Is wel zij twee punten zeker waard.
Groeten,
John.

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  • gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1406 W: 45 N: 1527] (19454)
  • [2006-05-19 5:24]

Gerd bonjour - I like this desaturation effect, well done - maybe a little more contrast on the painter face ?-
superb compo
Have a nice day
Thanks
Rgs
Gaby

Bonjour Gerd,
Félicitations pour cette réalisation originale qui sort des sentiers battus.
Belle prouesse technique.
J'aime beaucoup cette composition.
Très belle réussite.
Amitiés.
Philippe

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  • sam224 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1389 W: 0 N: 1391] (5791)
  • [2006-05-22 11:13]

Interesting work in this shot. I like your idea of keeping the colurs on the paintings and giving black and white tones to the rest of the image. It enhances it a lot.
Good composition.
Well done!

This is a fun idea, and I feel that it's well executed. I do agree about the man's face, but you can perhaps just add a bit of blur there to lessen its impact. Nice work, though.

Hello Gerd, très bon résultat pour une idée plus qu’originale ajoutant un plus à cette photo, bien amicalement

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  • lara Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 180 W: 62 N: 189] (915)
  • [2006-05-31 2:45]

I love these desaturation experiments. It works really well here.
My favourite part of the pic is the BW right up corner, with the "Chez Eugene" and the BW lamps, people, trees; I find it very... romantic.
Greets,
Andra

Hi Gerd!!
Interessante e lindo momento, e otmo post processing criando uma bela composição.
Rgds.
aznegrao.

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