Just one I like

[simpo two]

- though I can't put my finger on why. Two versions in a vain attempt to please!

[Bee_Jay]

Needs a couple of dead birds in it...

[Mrs Fish]

Very subtle use of spot colour, almost too subtle?

I see what you mean though, about not knowing whether you like it or not. I like it because of the dog, not sure about the mess of clothes, but then again without them it would just be another pic of a dog

[stone]

How do you get the effect as you have in the 2nd pic with the dog being the only part in colour? Is this photoshop trickery?

[chim_knee]

It's a bit busy for my liking. There's no focal point as it were - lots of stuff distracting. In fact, I find my eye drawn to the gap above the clothes above the dog.

I guess the spot colour helps in the second pic.

I think the satchel/bag on the left foreground is distracting too.

Would a crop help? Maybe it'd just become a picture of a dog then?!

>> Edited by chim_knee on Thursday 2nd March 12:44

[simpo two]

Bee_Jay said:

Needs a couple of dead birds in it...

You're absolutely right, a couple of dead pheasants on top would set the scene.

stone said:

How do you get the effect as you have in the 2nd pic with the dog being the only part in colour? Is this photoshop trickery?

I used two dogs, a liver spaniel and a black/white spaniel. The clothes were selected to be grey...

[simpo two]

[stone]

simpo two said:

stone said: How do you get the effect as you have in the 2nd pic with the dog being the only part in colour? Is this photoshop trickery? I used two dogs, a liver spaniel and a black/white spaniel. The clothes were selected to be grey...

[simpo two]

stone said:

I believe I have been rumbled...

Mind you, I had to borrow a sepia spaniel for the last one. They're very hard to find, y'know.

>> Edited by simpo two on Thursday 2nd March 21:33

[recalluk]

Just to save you going mad its sometimes called colour popping.

www.webclipart.com/colorpop.html

Another way is to duplicate the layer ... desaturate it then use the eraser on the top layer to bring through the colour from underneath. Basically you rub out the black and white layer where you want the colour to show.