A Touch of Colour

On January 11, 2011January 12, 2011 By themichaellamcollectionIn Photography

I often remark to Nikhil that he should start a collection called “A Touch of Colour”, or in his case “A Touch of Red”. He usually finds these scenes where there is one item of colour, usually red, that stands out in his compositions 🙂

While processing these two images I remembered what I so frequently tell him and decided to title this blog-post with this same concept.

The first image is an image that has been selectively desaturated to emphasize the Red, the processing is unusual for me but I rather liked how it turned out this time.

The second image was not treated in the same way, it was of some gaily coloured flowers against an old almost colourless background, I went close with my zoom lens and worked to get some nice bokeh from the background.

18 thoughts on “A Touch of Colour”

Rose

Nicely done. Love the bird.

January 12, 2011 at 1:37 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks A. Rose, I wish I could have gotten closer to him 🙂
  
  January 12, 2011 at 1:42 pm Reply
Naseem

Now that is cool…

January 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks Nas! 🙂
  
  January 12, 2011 at 2:05 pm Reply
David

nicely done Mikey. I remember seeing this done years ago and wanted to learn how to do it. So many ways to do it now. Seeing the cat-tails brings back memories.

January 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks David, only the bird was desaturated, the cat-tails were naturally bright against a dull background 🙂
  
  January 12, 2011 at 2:10 pm Reply
Nikhil Ramkarran

I like the way you are experimenting with techniques. Both of these are different from your regular posts, in processing and in composition. Good stuff.

January 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks Nik, is it that different? I have to pay more attention 🙂
  
  January 12, 2011 at 2:11 pm Reply
sasi (my3rdi.org)

Lovely PP on these shots. First one looks almost like a shot that emphasizes negative space though it’s not meant to be that way (I think).

January 12, 2011 at 11:52 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks Sasi, only the bird was heavily post-processed 🙂
  
  January 13, 2011 at 7:57 am Reply
nigel

Very nicely done… the red of the bird works especially well.

January 13, 2011 at 3:38 am Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks Nigel, compared to the original, I think this processing on the bird worked quite well 🙂
  
  January 13, 2011 at 7:58 am Reply
Journey Photographic

I prefer the second – it’s an excellent shot, well conceived and executed. I don’t mind the first, but I’m not fan of partial desaturisation. Each to their own 🙂

January 13, 2011 at 8:25 am Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  JP, I couldn’t agree more, to each his own. I have often found that my photography crosses such a wide swath of the art, that I have lots of photos that never please everyone, but there are usually some who will like it 🙂
  
  January 13, 2011 at 8:41 am Reply
  1. Journey Photographic
    
    Taking pictures for yourself first is the most important thing – everything else is secondary.
    
    January 14, 2011 at 8:34 am
  2. themichaellamcollection
    
    Thanks JP,
    That’s my motto 🙂 “I shoot what I like, and sometimes people like what I shoot”
    
    January 14, 2011 at 8:36 am
David Williams

I love your motto Mike…I may have to borrow that! 😀 Having said that, I prefer the second photo, the flow seems to work better for me (perhaps the red distracts me a tad too much). Either way, well done.

January 14, 2011 at 10:20 pm Reply
1. themichaellamcollection
  
  Thanks, I never copyrighted the motto, so go ahead 🙂
  
  January 15, 2011 at 6:59 am Reply