Black and White.....and Red all over

No, its not a joke about a newspaper or a sunburnt Zebra [:D], its about Photoshopping pictures so they are B&W and Colour.


Love it or hate it? Well I love it, I think It can turn a average picture into a quirky or striking one, here's a few of mine, anyone else out there got any?





http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...ayaedanAll.jpg


http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...010_Alps80.jpg


http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...e69/trevme.jpg


http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/g...G_1703copy.jpg

Very Creative.... Well Done Mate. [H]


I tried to do the same as you did with above pic's, but no success. The best I could do was this. [8-|]


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Wally

I really like this! Although my application of the effect isn't as good as yours here's a few of mine ...


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5041/...f4364d01a9.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/...9c4d1b2f8d.jpg


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/...1b1c6c784e.jpg

I can't wait until I get PS!

Denise

Denise, thoese pics are great, love the squirrel,


Wally, interesting effect there, how did you get those lines?

Denise Your Pic's Are Magic....[H] You are becoming a REAL Artist in Post. Well Done [Y]


Abe: I did the Light Rays in Corel, but could not do it in BW, like yours and Denise. [8-|]


Wally

This is one of those shop tricks that always pleases people for whom you take photos. I like the film strip style with the baby, and you are brave to have taken that shot from the Bike. Denise, the squirrel shot is hilarious! Did you feed that little guy or did he rob the trash/trees.


I haven't done a lot of this kind of editing, but one from a friends wedding is below, fun topic, you all!.


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Thanks guys!!


Dave - That shot of the bride is awesome! Geez, I wish I was into photography when my daughter got married! Using everything I

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20mm, f/16, ISO 100, 1/25s


This is one of the only ones like this I've ever done. Painstaking! There must be an easier way to do this, cause back when I edited this, it took forever!


Taken at an abandoned cement plant outside Lime, OR.


alex

What a great thread!


These are all awesome and I would love to learn how to do these!


Rich

Dead easy, (in photoshop anyway), all I do is get the pic, make a copy of it in a new layer, make this new layer B&W by removing all the colour saturation, and then use the eraser tool to rub out the bits you want to be colour to reveal the colour layer below.


There are loads of variations tips and techniques, such as using paintbrush tool and layer masks, different eraser pressures, etc.etc, but the basic principals are, well, basic!


In fact,the best tip i can give for photoshopping things is You Tube - type in what youwant to do and someone will have posted a tutorial, this was the first one that came up when i just did exactly that;


[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COjBtg--HrY]


explained how to do it with a layermask! Millions of times easier than Help Files IMO. I always use you tube now, haven

Thanks Ade for the tip. Now I feel pretty dumb, cause I still don

Way easier, it also means you dont corrupt the image, layer masks take it to the next step again, That said, Photoshop CS5 has amazing and fast selection control, use the

Ade, Thanks for the Tips and Link. I look forward to c trying this soon.


Rich

Taken a couple years ago in Atlanta and then photoshopped to bits. :)


http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs31/f/20...l_by_dplax.jpg


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yep. I like that patham. very nicely done and creative!

Patham, like it, but it freaks me out a bit, [:D], can you post it upside down, so the in focus B&W bit is at the top, it think it would add a whole new dimension, (just a thought, not a critcism)....

Here are a few I edited what must be about 5 years ago now.


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WOW, where did you take them, were you in Joels back yard, LOL.

Haha, all of the images shown above were captured at the Metro Toronto Zoo. It is one of the largest zoos in the world, and I definitely recommend a visit for anyone visiting the city!

Ade, the shot I posted already is actually upside down, so you have the reflection in the water at the top, in colour and the real thing at the bottom in B&W. Here's the original, unedited shot:


(Canon Powershot A590 IS f/4 1/500s 10mm)


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I knew it was upside down, by asking to turn it upside down, i meant put it back the right way up [:D]., nice shot.