I think your image works great too. I often "colorize" images which have little or no color to start with, almost always using Curves to accomplish it; the picture of the Golden Gate was done in Duotone mode (it's a tritone using Black, Cyan, and Yellow).
This portrait of my friend Kate, which started as an actual B&W print, is probably my best; unfortunately, I did it about 12 years ago and can't remember all the steps, though I'm sure I was up near 20 layers (more than colorizing going on here) by the time I finished.
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Here are a variety of others, with varying degrees of modification; they are all color originals shot under "gray conditions":
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Message edited by author 2007-12-26 00:19:14. |
