Rose

Not feeling inspirational at all at present! Decided to try out the technique challenge.

Thanks for all your views and comments. I will hopefully catch up with you all soon!

[Therese]

Gorgeous shot.... such beautiful tones!!!

[Dominique]

Pretty! Love the textures and focus.
I know the feeling - the photo-inspiration comes and goes with us all.

[SIMMY]

Very nice shot, great capture

[kali]

Hi sally in its own right it is a nice photo, it has great texture but I can't see any tint of colour in this, only shades of grey, so it doesn't really qualify as split-toning. how did you process it?

[Sue Wilde]

Interesting textures

[Laraine Kensicki]

this shot is fantastic - it's really striking to me!

[Sally Ings]

@kali66 I followed the tutorial on split toning for PSE that I found through one of your links. Played around with hue, saturation and levels but could not seem to get a hint of colour. I will have another crack at it over the weekend. I wasn't happy with the result and am happy to get your feedback.

[Karen H]

This is beautiful and super textures.
I'm no expert, but sometimes when an effect isn't working for me I have to check what layer I am on.

[kali]

not sure, but there is a colorise tick box in the hue and saturation dialogue box in PS, if it is not ticked it stays b&w. This only gives you one colour though, so be sure to go back and check the tutorial to help you.

[Sally Ings]

@kali66 thanks, I will check that. Must say I never thought about that when I was fiddling and there was no hint of colour!

[kali]

try following Richard's instructions here
http://365project.org/brav/random-stuff/2013-04-17

he mentions the colorize box

[Gillian]

Wonderful tones - and textures.

[EvaHenriette]

Well done. Lovely shot.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It definitely has a wide range of grey tones and textures. I'm not sure what the difference is between split-toning and selective coloring (I could probably take a guess) so I'll look forward to seeing the result of your second try. Nice composition though!

[Sally Ings]

@olivetreeann Selective colouring is keeping the original colour on a selected portion of the picture where as split toning effects the whole picture. The edited rose can be found here http://365project.org/salza/extras/2013-04-18

[Kitti Nelson]

I love the very dense texture of both the rose and the timber.