01-19-11 – Color Popping Naturally

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  • #36150
    mopsy
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    Plamadude30k, it’s fine. I also think that because some monitors may show different shades of gray we need to be a little less judgemental. That being said, the entires still needs to have the element of an object’s color popping right out at you.

    #36151
    ravnostic
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    Also, Ravnostic: There’s a glitch in the matrix. Your leftover lasagna has been swapped for an apparently delicious burning building.

    Damn–I hate when I do stoopid stuff like that! Pulled the file. Did some file renames, uploaded, and fergetted I’d posted that file name. Well, there’s one of three that won’t surprise anyone. 😳

    #36152
    zincprincess
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    That being said, the entires still needs to have the element of an object’s color popping right out at you.

    Hmm… I think that eliminates one of my entries because the color doesn’t pop enough.

    http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4862077226_6eb38c9439.jpg

    /edited to correct link fail.

    #36153
    mopsy
    Participant

    zincprincess, sure it does. Thats fine. It’s clearly and cleanly defined from the white background. Can’t get more color popping than that unless your cat was candy apple red!

    #36154
    ravnostic
    Participant

    You know, mopsy, I changed my selection up a wee bit, and colors do pop–I just wish I could change the color! I think the powerful bold colors are going to do better than my ocher yellow…and I never could get the teal fountain the way I wanted it (kestrana did, but she was working from an already-edited shot, which I couldn’t duplicate without the numbers being tweeked way too far out of proportion for my tastes.)

    One of my bees is this one–but yellow surfboards have been done before, IIRC:

    http://fossilspringsaz.com/pics/2011/jan/19/cp1sml.jpg

    #36155
    mopsy
    Participant

    ravnostic, I like the use of yellow in color popping photos. I’ve been seeing a yellow VW running around town, but everything I see it parked somewhere the background is not grayscale or just too busy.

    #36156
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    Plamadude30k, it’s fine. I also think that because some monitors may show different shades of gray we need to be a little less judgemental. That being said, the entires still needs to have the element of an object’s color popping right out at you.

    Allowances will definitely be made for monitor color differences. Unless the photo is a true b/w/monochrome with color popping (e.g. it’s been converted to b/w/monochrome with color pop in post processing) or the colors are really obviously not even an attempt at finding gray, then they’ll probably be fine.

    #36157
    ravnostic
    Participant

    Damn. I remembered some shots I took at the state fair which turn out not to be what Pope was looking for per his latest comments. However, I think they may fit this theme–and replace a weakish entry I have instead.

    Take a photo that appears to be black and white/grayscale with the exception of one object or color

    Before I decide, what if that ‘one object’ is a person, and that one person happens to be very colorful? Elsewise, the shot could be b/w.

    //if that’s too far away from what mopsy is looking for, I’ll go with what I’d already selected.

    #36158
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    Given some objects are multi-colored, I think a single object (or person) would fit, if the overall scene was otherwise black/white/gray.

    #36159
    mopsy
    Participant

    Agree with Elsinore. In the original color popping theme, people were the object of color popping. So using the person to pop out at you is fine.

    #36160
    CauseISaidSo
    Participant

    If anyone’s got time to take a look, I’m having difficulty choosing among 3 versions of one of my entries for tonight. I’d decided on Version 1 last night, but now I’m not as sure.

    Version 1
    Version 2
    Version 3

    Edited to correct links after making the decision

    #36161
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    I think the third has the most convincing b/w with color pop effect. The gold piano manufacturer name is visible in the other two, though less in the second.

    #36162
    lokisbong
    Participant

    I think the third has the most convincing b/w with color pop effect. The gold piano manufacturer name is visible in the other two, though less in the second.

    That was my opinion too. Great idea either way you go.

    #36163
    orionid
    Participant

    I like number two. Both as a whole, and for the theme.

    #36164
    SilverStag
    Participant

    Does this pop enough?

    Mongo

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