Schoolkids wait for the school bus under the watchful eye of Shiva. Taken in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
PS Elements Work(only had Elements with me on the laptop so restricted what I could do) :
Crop, sharpen, levels, hue& saturation.
Contrast/brightness to taste.
Desat with inverse selection of garlands.
File Name
CRW_8310.CRW
Camera Model
Canon EOS 10D
Shooting Date/Time
04/09/2004 03:10:08
Shooting Mode
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/350
Av( Aperture Value )
4.5
Metering Mode
Partial Metering
Exposure Compensation
-1 1/2
ISO Speed
200
Lens
75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length
120.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
Adobe RGB
File Size
5780 KB
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The kids make thius picture. This appears to be an application of selective desaturation. For me, the bright colors of the garlands on the sculpture are distracting, as they shouldn't be the main focus. Otherwise, an interesting shot.
the color you left is so minute in amount that it does not seem to be and effective use of select desat to me. Also some softness in the area above Shiva's head and under the palms of the tree. That aside, the rest of the picture is a wonderful slice of life with excellent contrasts of new and old throughout.
Grat subject. Expect desaturation was a good idea because of the riot of colors that would compete for attention. But for some reason, it seems a bit soft. Still a fine entry for this Challenge. 6
Very appealing shot but I'm not sure if it would not have been better to either make it all b/w or all color. But I still think it was a great capture fitting the subject.
To me, the selective desaturation puts too much focus on the brightly colored flowers than on the children. If you were to still use the selec. desat...in this photo, I would do one of two things...desat everything but the children, or desaturate everything but the flowers and the child on the far right. This would add some extra interest to a potentially strong photo.
I would like to have seen this all in color or all in B/W, but I do love the capture anyway. The selective desaturation doesn't work for me here, but it's not distracting enough to take away from a really great picture. :) Nice job.
I like the photo but not the processing on this one. I don't like the effect of the selective desaturation as it calls attention to what I believe is not the main subject of the photo. I also don't like the bland sepia. I think this would have worked well as a black and white done so that the lightness in the kids shirts stood out more and brought the viewers attention to them. 7
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