White Party by pflaume

White Party

This is a peek over the fence into a little yard, decorated with strings of lights. I liked the festive feeling of the lights and the repeating lines & shapes of the fence and brickwork. The lone red rose draws the eye to the window which reflects the neighbor's window. This was a very white scene that I processed in B&W, leaving just the rose in color - the first time I've tried selective coloring.

Thank you all for your comments and FAVs on my California Poppy shot yesterday!
the reflection in tht window is interesting, with two light bulbs as eyes and tree as hair. It made a face. Clever to leave the red rose in it.
June 13th, 2013  
Nice patterns and I love the lights - bet it looks great at night. The selective colouring is really effective - not something I've ever tried but I do like the impact of it.
June 13th, 2013  
Great composition with the lines and reflections Lisa and I think red roses are the perfect subject to use for selective colour shots.
June 13th, 2013  
Lee
Funny, but I didn't notice the rose straight away. I was instantly drawn to the fence, with the light reflections and the contrast between the black & white. I like the SC of the rose, makes it stand out.
June 13th, 2013  
Nice shot.
June 13th, 2013  
love the fence light and brickwork lisa - looks fab against black
June 13th, 2013  
Awesome reflection and the ST spot on infact you get a positive negative image of the fence where it hits the window: brilliant
June 13th, 2013  
Fab shot. So many elements to look at, love it and as Lee said earlier, despite being in colour, the rose was not the first thing taht popped out which makes it even more interesting
June 13th, 2013  
Nicely spotted Lisa. It has so many interesting shapes to look at and I love the red rose. Great shot.
June 13th, 2013  
Nice composition and the red works really well
June 13th, 2013  
Nice selective coloring!
June 13th, 2013  
Really nice picture. Very different. I like it! :) good processing in B&W and love the selective coloring. :) Fav.
June 13th, 2013  
Caz
Love the repeating lines, and the sc. I haven't tried that yet! Well spotted
June 13th, 2013  
Very artistic, and well done with the selective colouring - it's very effective.
June 13th, 2013  
I love that reflection - the rose is in the perfect spot to draw attention to it!
June 13th, 2013  
Cool composition - love all the different shapes and the use of sc for the red rose.
June 13th, 2013  
Very interesting - certainly lots to look at. Love the fence/reflections and selective color.
June 13th, 2013  
That window reflection really adds to this piece.
And the rose is like a cherry on top!
I've got to figure out how to do that selective coloring. Nice!
June 13th, 2013  
yay wonderful. my fav for today
June 13th, 2013  
this is just amazing, that little pop of red just made it! and awesome composition too!
June 13th, 2013  
Amy
love the leading lines and the pop of red. Great shot
June 13th, 2013  
Cool colour pop at the back. :)
June 13th, 2013  
Jo
What a fab shot, I love the stand alone rose, it works beautifully.
June 13th, 2013  
Really well put together.
June 13th, 2013  
Very nicely done - the fence is really interesting against the black and white.
June 13th, 2013  
Love the peeks of the fence and the contrast of the round bulbs running paralel to each other. The red rose adds a lovely splash of colour.
June 13th, 2013  
Lovely selective colour shot :)
June 13th, 2013  
Nice. I like the selective coliring.
June 13th, 2013  
Very cool composition and processing. I like the selective colouring of the red rose.
June 13th, 2013  
This is such as interesting and appealing shot. There are so many elements that make it. The fence, the lines, the lights, the composition, the selective coloring. Very creative!
June 13th, 2013  
GReat selective coloring image! I think it would work well even without it, but with it, wow! Fav!
June 14th, 2013  
The fence is my favorite part. It seems to me that you had a difficult choice to make. If you wanted the reflection, you had to stand where you did, but that placed the rose against the window frame when it would have shown up better against the plain wall. I think you made a good choice.
June 14th, 2013  
Fantastic shot Lisa! I love the use of the selective color. The reflection of the neighboring house is just awesome!
June 14th, 2013  
Beautiful shot. Makes me want to do this to my yard.
June 14th, 2013  
@rvwalker Thank you, Ross. I always appreciate your thoughtful comments and analysis. For me, the rose was just extra in this shot. I really liked the lights and the fence and how those lines balanced each other. The window reflection and rose were extras. I think there is a lot (maybe too much?) gong on in this shot, but I still like it.
June 14th, 2013  
AC
Lovely B&W image, love the pop of red and the reflection in the window... Well done!
June 14th, 2013  
Wonderful - just love that reflection and the pop of red, of course! : )
June 14th, 2013  
Absolutely fantastic composition, and I love that reflection in the window!
June 14th, 2013  
Wonderful shot, Lisa. Love that fence and the reflection.
June 14th, 2013  
Beautiful composition and selective color!
June 14th, 2013  
Great for BWW, which I'm being faithful to these days! Yay! I love the selective color and my eye gets "played with" with the fence and the window.
June 14th, 2013  
Really nicely done, Lisa. Very cool with the sc!!
June 14th, 2013  
I love SC.I think this works really well here xx
June 14th, 2013  
Fabulous! I'm not usually a huge fan of sc (although I've done a few myself), but this is great! Fav!
June 14th, 2013  
And this one, too:)!!
June 16th, 2013  
I love this. The B&W , the fence, the window reflection, the red rose..I want to try this also. Lovely and a FAV
June 17th, 2013  
Great b&w. Cool!
June 18th, 2013  
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