No need to comment. Sally asked to see the original so I thought I'd post. Also, for anyone who noticed some blue left in the b&w sc version, you can see how tedious it was to get all the other blues out. Definitely a case of staying up way too late for the image's worthiness!
Original posting using sc: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2016-04-05
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Here's the original, as requested Sally. Leon, I thought you'd find it interesting to see all the blue that had to be removed. Totally tedious. I ended up just quitting when I finally thought it 'good enough' -- not a photo that I think worthy of the over an hour spent on desaturating spot by spot. Thanks for your visit and comments -- which I always appreciate.
Wow, that is certainly very busy! I can see how the sculpture gets totally lost in amongst all that colour.
A query with regards to your bits of blue left in the selective colour version - am I correct in assuming that you didn't use layers, converting the top layer to b&w and applying a layer mask to bring back the blue sculpture?
@salza And I would have gone to sleep at midnight instead of 2 a.m.! Okay...I am not officially committed to learning to manipulate layers with ease. OMG, what a total waste of time!!!!
Wow what a colourful building and I can see why you used SC to isolate the culture from that busy background. I am going to check out the tutorial Sally @salza has given you as this is what I wanted to learn about layers. I am Faving to bookmark this.
Wow, it does look busy in colour doesn't it. I agree with Sally, a layer mask is the way to go. Another quick way to do selective colouring in Photoshop is by using the quick selection tool and then select/inverse and convert the background to b&w.
Oh!! This is so cool, so the structure is not completely lost even in all the colors... although it sure stands out more in b&w so your hard work paid off for sure :) but the red lines are very pleasant to see. I'm not a photoshop user and my processing skills are limited so it would have taken me a while as well ;)
Goodness gracious me, the colour version is so completely different in all sorts of ways; colour (obviously), balance, visual focus, and the path the eye follows. Thanks for posting this one too, fascinating.
For me totally different thoughts about the two versions. I see a mechanical heart in the full color one and just a wonderful center piece in midst of organized chaos in the other one.
Thank you for posting the original, the colour indeed makes the sculpture almost invisible. I do agree with Sally, using layers (and masks) in PS should have made the SC easier. Big respect for you working more than an hour on the image, I would have given up a long time before.
Here's the original, as requested Sally. Leon, I thought you'd find it interesting to see all the blue that had to be removed. Totally tedious. I ended up just quitting when I finally thought it 'good enough' -- not a photo that I think worthy of the over an hour spent on desaturating spot by spot. Thanks for your visit and comments -- which I always appreciate.
A query with regards to your bits of blue left in the selective colour version - am I correct in assuming that you didn't use layers, converting the top layer to b&w and applying a layer mask to bring back the blue sculpture?
It is a tad long winded but it does explain how to use layer masks quite well.