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12/25/2007 05:41:49 PM · #1 |
I know there's lots of techniques for converting an image to black and white, but have many of you tried the opposite? I found an image I took a while back that didn't have its color partner...so I thought I'd try and colorize it. I played around with lots of different blended layers, dodge and burn layers, and some lens flare to blow out the sun a little more. Let me know what you think, and I'd love to see some other examples!!!
and the original:
and a screengrab of my layers:  |
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12/25/2007 05:51:00 PM · #2 |
| I think you have done a great job. |
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12/25/2007 06:16:40 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Monique64:
I think you have done a great job. |
I agree, great job! I couldn't have done it. :-) |
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12/25/2007 06:57:47 PM · #4 |
Awesome work! Looks like a great tutorial for the community, hint, hint!
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12/25/2007 07:16:32 PM · #5 |
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.
Original:  Final: 
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. |
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12/28/2007 11:16:25 AM · #6 |
| Thanks for the replies! Anyone else with any examples? |
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12/28/2007 11:56:15 AM · #7 |
I did one once:
The original is the size seen and was only about 40kb.
Much of this one had to be turned into a B&W, then hand-toned.
(Yellow sodium lights are murder! No white balance can correct it before or after the click)
From RAW conversion:  After desat & hand toning: 
Message edited by author 2007-12-28 17:01:52. |
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