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.
Nicely done. Love the bird.
Thanks A. Rose, I wish I could have gotten closer to him 🙂
Now that is cool…
Thanks Nas! 🙂
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.
Thanks David, only the bird was desaturated, the cat-tails were naturally bright against a dull background 🙂
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.
Thanks Nik, is it that different? I have to pay more attention 🙂
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).
Thanks Sasi, only the bird was heavily post-processed 🙂
Very nicely done… the red of the bird works especially well.
Thanks Nigel, compared to the original, I think this processing on the bird worked quite well 🙂
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 🙂
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 🙂
Taking pictures for yourself first is the most important thing – everything else is secondary.
Thanks JP,
That’s my motto 🙂 “I shoot what I like, and sometimes people like what I shoot”
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.
Thanks, I never copyrighted the motto, so go ahead 🙂