Coffee Can by theredcamera

Coffee Can

finally learned how to detail colorize a B&W.
Nice use of selective color... that is a wicked looking sycthe in the window.
July 12th, 2020  
I keep trying this but not mastered it yet. How did you do it?
July 12th, 2020  
@wakelys I use LightRoom to edit my photos. After I converted this into B&W I used the paint brush tool to "paint" the coffee can and in the commands for the brush tool I increased the green slider to color that area. The computer recognized some green in the branches behind the coffee can too, I did the same thing only in reverse. I brushed the branches and took the saturation slider all the way to the left to decrease the color. Good luck! I like this effect in B&W.
July 12th, 2020  
@kvphoto Thanks, yes, doesn't it look like a weapon?
July 12th, 2020  
great stuff - learning new techniques is such fun :)
July 12th, 2020  
Clever selective colouring.
July 13th, 2020  
Great work! Like the composition!
July 13th, 2020  
@koalagardens @onewing @edorreandresen Thanks everyone! Small victories with editing.
July 14th, 2020  
You're off to a great start with it. SC can get overused or become trite with the wrong picture. But in this one it works really well. It's as if the coffee can is trying to hang on to life when the building around it is falling apart.
July 14th, 2020  
@olivetreeann Thanks, Ann,for your nice words regarding the colorization. this is a very old motel, and so sad to see the neglect.
July 15th, 2020  
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