8/10/2004 9:43:09 AM

I loved this shot the first time and I still love it, now! A winner in my book, Nancy!!

8/10/2004 9:47:34 AM

Nancy, I just wanted to thank you for being so helpful- you are a great BetterPhoto member, you really get involved with techniques, tips, and praise. Thanks for sharing your talent, knowledge, and kindness:)

8/10/2004 12:00:10 PM

It was very nice of you to share "how to's", Nancy.

8/10/2004 2:00:26 PM

This is such a favorite of mine, love seeing it again! Thanks for posting the how-to's!

8/10/2004 2:47:27 PM

Thanks for stopping by, guys. Hope it helps someone.

Actually, Alicia May, I wish I had MORE time to spend on here! Seems like I never have enough time to get around to admiring everyone's work. (:

Nancy

8/10/2004 5:49:18 PM

Hi Nancy,
Thanks for the tip. I just tried it and it worked like a champ!

8/11/2004 9:11:35 AM

Great work; complete the job by placing a complimentary sky in the scene.

8/12/2004 8:42:57 PM

Nice shot Nancy.
I like the selective coloring.

8/26/2004 12:21:01 AM

I would like to see this with a blue background instead of grey to highlight the bright colors. A little cropping would help too.

8/26/2004 8:19:26 AM

You know, I have to comment on this - Microsoft had a photo editing product a while ago called PhotoDraw that they ultimately dropped due to lack of interest - Photoshop killed it. And this is precisely the kind of application that makes PhotoDraw so great. With PhotoDraw, you can 'cut out' sections of an image, via shape, line, or my favorite - color. With this photo, you can simply drag a line across bright colors of the monks' clothing, and then zoom in to drag some more lines across part of the flesh tones and hair, and get a pretty accurate selection of just the monks, all in less than a minute (sometimes in less than 10 seconds, depending on the image). Once you 'cut out' the selection, it basically creates another layer, with just the selected objects. You can then apply any settings you like to either layer, including desaturation, color enhancing, blurring or sharpening, etc. To me, PhotoDraw is much more powerful for this type of use.

8/26/2004 9:47:19 AM

Thanks to all who replied saying that this was helpful. It's satisfying to know that I helped.

Charles: if you see this, how do you suggest that I do that? Do you mean colored sky, or clouds?

Doug: Do you mean to add a blue tint to everything else? And what crop would you suggest? I'm open to new ideas and suggestions... but also, artistic decisions are very personal, and sometimes a person would like things one way while another thinks it's pleasing another way. I must admit that I do like this the way it is. But if you get a chance to read this, I'm open to trying your suggestions... I need a more specific description of what you mean though.

Michael: I've never used PhotoDraw. Sounds like a good program.

Thanks for the comments,
Nancy

8/26/2004 10:10:40 AM

Cool picture Nancy, I like it lot. I was just playing around with this same idea only I did it by selecting an area and applying grayscale to it. I am currently using a consumer grade Corel product. Unfortunatly my computer with photoshop on it is currently down but found even the low scale editing programs work well to.

8/27/2004 5:31:36 AM

What an amazing picture! Your work is beautiful, Nancy!

6/27/2006 6:55:57 PM