Same September 12 by olivetreeann

Same September 12

Same processing "recipe" as last week: color shot converted to black and white with selective coloring. While looking up the name of this beetle I learned it is not a good thing to find one on your plants! Oh well, it made for a good shot!
Good work
September 13th, 2012  
Great selective coloring. I've got to learn to do that.
September 13th, 2012  
@httpgeffed Thank you Colleen!
@henrir Thank you Henri!
I wish I could have done this in an oval, but the program will only do circles. But I do like how it looks.
September 13th, 2012  
Beautiful
September 13th, 2012  
Love selective coloring when it's done right. This is done right! :)
September 13th, 2012  
Fantastic color selection.
September 13th, 2012  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@sparkleplenty1 Thank you Joyce!
@sailingmusic Thank you Myrna!
September 13th, 2012  
@sailingmusic oops, typo! Thank you Mryna!
September 13th, 2012  
Well done Ann
September 13th, 2012  
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian!
September 13th, 2012  
this is great! what an interesting beetle. Your "recipe" works very well for this shot!
September 13th, 2012  
@zandme Thank you Tasha!
September 13th, 2012  
Really wonderful photo and processing Ann.
September 13th, 2012  
@nicolecampbell Thank you Nicole! I had something else in mind for today, but when I saw this little guy, I put it off for next week.
September 13th, 2012  
beautiful isolation, well done!
September 13th, 2012  
Lyn
I really like your "recipe!" The color shot is gorgeous, too!
September 13th, 2012  
Beautiful capture, nice selective coloring, composition and focus =)
September 13th, 2012  
look at that little thing, it looks like one of the nice guys in the garden, but you found out it's not? what damage does it do, pray tell? lovely shot, ann.
September 13th, 2012  
Very interesting, have no idea how you did it, but I sure like it.
September 13th, 2012  
I love this in b&w with the pop of color!
September 13th, 2012  
Cool capture and selective colour! :)
September 13th, 2012  
Great selective colour. Beautifully done.
September 13th, 2012  
cool colour select
September 13th, 2012  
Love it! What is the name of this critter?
September 13th, 2012  
You did so well with the selective color....love it!
September 13th, 2012  
Very nice results of your use of selective color.
September 13th, 2012  
Great shot, so well processed.
September 13th, 2012  
Bev
I love how you do this processing. It's quite good.
September 13th, 2012  
@chrismarfil thanks Chris!
@lyno Thanks Lyn!
@tanja_1211 thanks Tanja!
@summerfield thanks Vikki. No, not too good for your plants. He likes to suck all the nutrients out of the stem and blossom.
@granny7 thanks Linda! It's actually quite easy. Picmonkey has an effect called Focal B&W. Take the photo in color, then apply the effect. It will give you a circle which can be moved about the picture and enlarged or decreased depending on what you want to put back in color. You can also reverse the effect, making the whole picture color and one spot b/w if you want.
@groovygirlrn Thanks Sheri!
@alia_801 thanks Alia!
@sangwann thanks Dione!
@steeler thanks Howard!
@allie912 Thanks Allison- he's a Spotted Cucumber Beetle. Cute but not good for your plants.
@cimes1 Thanks Carole!
@anazad511 thanks Ana!
@kandernob thanks Karen!
@prttblues thanks Bev! You CAN do this!
September 13th, 2012  
Stunning!
The other way to do it, btw, is to choose the 'b&w' option on picmonkey, and click on the brush which gives you a new window with 'original/effect' on it... you can paint back in dots of colour or full areas as you like. @granny7
September 13th, 2012  
Great use of selective colour.
September 13th, 2012  
@filsie65 Thanks Phil- I'll have to try it that way sometime- although it sounds harder, it probably works better on oddly shaped objects.
@salza Thanks Sally!
September 13th, 2012  
Nice one!
September 14th, 2012  
@acousticlover Thanks Anya!
September 14th, 2012  
Gorgeous.
September 14th, 2012  
@la_photographic Thank you Laura!
September 14th, 2012  
oooh! a buggy bug! :) Love your selective coloring!
September 14th, 2012  
@potsbypam thanks Pam!
September 14th, 2012  
Love it!
September 15th, 2012  
@dmariewms thanks Marie!
September 15th, 2012  
I like the selective coloring technique.
September 15th, 2012  
@jeancarl thank you JeanCarl! I am enjoying the art of refining this effect.
September 16th, 2012  
Terrific use of selective colour
September 16th, 2012  
@wenbow Thanks Wendy! It's a challenge to find things that will work with this effect and not look contrived.
September 17th, 2012  
Great processing! :-)
September 22nd, 2012  
@vposey thank you Vickie- and thanks for catching up on so many shots!
September 22nd, 2012  
selective colouring at its best :-)
September 26th, 2012  
@plainjaneandnononsense Thank you Jane!
September 26th, 2012  
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