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Challenge: Extended Free Study 2019-06 (Extended Editing)
Collection: Black and White
Lens: Konica Minolta 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Date: Jun 29, 2019
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/350
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2019

 [Jul. 21st, 2019 06:07:36 PM]

I am not a selective color fan either. In fact, pretty much the only time I like it is when the result "looks" natural. So I knew I had trouble with this. Grass is not black and white. I spent a huge amount of time trying to digitally extend the shadows on the left and the sidewalk on the right to take out the grass. I failed miserably. I did not like this in full color - the green distracted from both the robin and the shadows. I tried black and white and had that in for a few days, but the robin was lost and the result was flat. Finally I decided that this was the lesser of the evils available to me, so I put it in.

And then there was roll-over. And I looked and I did NOT like it. So finally I decided to bring the green back but in a very reduced saturation sort of way. That's what I uploaded to FAA and what I should have put in here.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 48
Avg (all users): 5.9783
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9524
Views since voting: 220
Views during voting: 86
Votes: 46
Comments: 4
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 07/22/2019 03:56:53 AM
I liked your original but do agree that the redo is an improvement.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2019 04:31:40 PM
I love the picket fence shadow, this is such a sweet little image.
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 07/21/2019 11:17:15 AM
It must be selective desat month. This is the only shot that does it effectively, imo. I'm still not a desat fan, but I do love the robin and the shadow.
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 07/21/2019 03:23:15 AM
Really enjoying the shadows of the fence; I like the idea of of the red highlight as well.
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