A Splash of Color
By Joe Valencia
@WanderPhotog (143)
United States
March 1, 2017 9:21am CST
I like to play around a bit with my photography - just to keep things interesting. The rose shown here was taken in the parking lot of my office complex during lunch one day. The driveway has a median with many of these rose bushes, along with iris' and other flowers. I took this shot but wasn't quite thrilled with it when I got home so I decided to play. I loaded it into Photoshop, added an adjustment layer with a mask. I desaturated the layer and then masked the one rose to let the color through.
Once I had the image masked off, I saved a few different versions - each time changing the color of the flower. I have red, purple, orange and yellow. I created this image when I was still fairly new to Photoshop and the mask could use a bit of work but it's only really noticeable if you look real close - don't look real close. :-)
Have you ever tried this technique? If so, I would love to see what you did.
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@AutumnSnow (4583)
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1 Mar 17
I have never tried this technique but I love this its very pretty.
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@WanderPhotog (143)
• United States
1 Mar 17
Thank you! It is a lot easier than you may think. This is a simple example but it can be quite spectacular when used correctly.
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@JudyEv (364897)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Mar 17
Vince has started using these sorts of techniques. It is amazing what you can do. And this is lovely.
@redurnet (1797)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 17
@WanderPhotog thank you for the recommendation, I will try it!
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@WanderPhotog (143)
• United States
1 Mar 17
If you want to try your hand at editing you could try downloading GIMP. It is free and virtually as powerful as Photoshop.
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@allknowing (154166)
• India
2 Mar 17
The rose stands out against the gray. I love the effect.
But I prefer what I get while taking pictures and I do not make changes.
