The yellow robin I like, and the pardalote. I'm not sure about this treatment though, I mean not sure how I feel about it. Til recently I thought hand tinting meant get out the paint box and camelhair brushes. Now I've looked at quite a few Photoshop tutorials on it I'm still uncertain about "selective colouring". The portrait studio I work for does quite a lot of it, black and white poses with the model holding some red roses, or b&w children with just a coloured background or teddy-bear, that sort of thing. Reminds me of old wedding shots with the bridal group a b&w shot, with the bouquet water-coloured by hand.
So now I don't know if it is old-fashioned as I'd thought, or a new trend - lot of it being done, see it in competition work also. On the whole I'm not keen on photoshopping colour effects: yet some have a great impact and look fantastic: guess it is a case of each one on its merits.
And our local camera club comp tomorrow is open subject matter "Monochrome" - I'm looking for an image suited to desaturate etc etc and not finding one.
Quote: So now I don't know if it is old-fashioned as I'd thought, or a new trend - lot of it being done, see it in competition work also. On the whole I'm not keen on photoshopping colour effects: yet some have a great impact and look fantastic: guess it is a case of each one on its merits.
'Hand Painting' has become more and more popular, and you are right, you see more and more of it. Even I have been dabbling with it for some pieces. I find it quite therapeutic, LOL...not quite paint by number, but close enough.
Cheryl,
Thanks for sharing your pieces. I like the pardalote the most. Let me ask though - is this really 'painting' or are you just making the image B&W and using the art history brush with a lower opacity to bring back the color?
Long before digital and photoshop were commonplace, I watched a photographer hand tinting his photos with brushes and paints. Quite a skill involved! There is tradition and nostalgia in there for me - and not just some modern day "fad".
For these I did not use an art history brush as queried by James, nor did I "bring back" the colours. My method involved a pretty steady hand and painstakingly "painting" colours of my own choosing in seperately (digitally). I did not want to use the exact colour of the birds real colouring.
The images arent black and white either, and this was deliberate, but the original coloring has certainly been "deadened".
Bird photography does not necessarily equate to blue skies and sunshine I have found! And I wanted to depict this. I am out in the great outdoors,in all kinds of weather, many grey skies and damp forests. When things are fairly "drab n dreary" around me.... and suddenly a darling little bird arrives on the scene, its a pretty special moment (and I have been known to cry!).
I am hoping my images relay this contrast (bright color/dull day) that I experience in my wildlife photography!
They work quite well for me personally. I like the pardalote and the robin. It doesn't appear to affect just the colour, there is a smoother effect to the whole image?
I feel it gives the images are more....I'm not sure how to say it - as if I am secretely looking in on the bird. Maybe because the bird is isolated.
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