Photography Challenge - Selective Color

Tim Mayo · Jul 1, 2021

A big thanks to everyone who joined in with the water photography challenge last month.

So for this month I thought we could try something different and go with a selective color challenge.

If you would like some tips on selective color photography and basic Lightroom editing then this article will point you in the right direction:
https://digital-photography-school.com/selective-color-more-dynamic-images/

And you can also find some inspiration over on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/scolor/pool/

This is not a competition so there will be no winners announced, it's purely for fun and self-development.

Simple Rules:

Canon cameras only please
Please don't post more than 3 separate posts, multiple images may be included in a single post.

Have fun!

MaraLee · Jul 12, 2021

It's the 12th and no takers yet?

There was a big fad of doing selective color editing back when digital cameras first hit the market for consumers and the software became available and user friendly. Everybody and their brother/sister was doing selective color photos. Now I think a new generation is 'discovering' it and calling "color pop" or "color splash" using apps just for this purpose when it's quickly done using Adobe.

This was just for fun. Please - somebody put up something worthy of the challenge?

Shotbycurtin · Jul 14, 2021

Quick one of some Heather taken today.

Tim Mayo · Jul 15, 2021

Shotbycurtin said:
Quick one of some Heather taken today.

Love this shot Mike!

Shotbycurtin · Jul 15, 2021

Timothy Mayo said:
Love this shot Mike!

Thanks Tim, got lucky as it’s not really my forte, haven’t got the patience to do the masking. If it works with the colour sliders then it’s a result in my book.

. Another taken today on Arran.

RichardCPhotography · Jul 18, 2021

This reminds me of one of those photos you get in a new picture frame haha. It's definitely not my particular favourite style, but they look striking sometimes.

imagesbydjw · Jul 21, 2021

Here is a quick one I threw together in the office today. I really enjoy the monthly themes as it requires me to think about it and get out and take a shot. It's never about what I have I already shot but what I can get out and shoot. Don't seem to spend enough time behind the camera these days

PhotoJim58 · Jul 22, 2021

MaraLee said:
It's the 12th and no takers yet?

There was a big fad of doing selective color editing back when digital cameras first hit the market for consumers and the software became available and user friendly. Everybody and their brother/sister was doing selective color photos. Now I think a new generation is 'discovering' it and calling "color pop" or "color splash" using apps just for this purpose when it's quickly done using Adobe.

This was just for fun. Please - somebody put up something worthy of the challenge?

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Outstanding

Grahamk · Jul 27, 2021

Not a single colour highlight, but I quite like it.

Shotbycurtin · Jul 28, 2021

Another from me, taken yesterday evening.

PhotoJim58 · Jul 28, 2021

One for the challenge.

JayAy · Aug 23, 2021

A little late on this one - just didn't get a good subject until this weekend as I wanted a real(ish) selective colour

JustUs7 · Apr 13, 2023

A little thread necromancy, but this is one of my favorite early edits when I was just starting to figure out raw files and seeing what DPP4 can do. I was also enjoying the close focusing of the RF 35 f/1.8.

Dean Wilson · Jun 18, 2023

The most difficult part of this shot was trying to hold perfectly still as being both the photographer and the model. Also, at the time, I only had one tripod so I had to balance my EOS-R w/24-70mm on a rock as the R5 was on the tripod.

I chose Orange because of the shirt, tripod and L-bracket.

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