Street Art

[fishric]

I photographed this graffitti last year when it was in a narrow alley, now the area has been opened up into a small square I can get a full frontal view.

 

[jaydubbleya]

I like this fishric.
I love the colour splash in the B&W backdrop.

I have several images that I would like to achieve this effect with, which software did you use to achieve it please?

Good work
JW

 

[fishric]

Glad you like it. I use Elements 6, I selected the wall with the marquee tool, reversed it so that area would be unaffected, then I de saturated using using the hue/saturation layer.
You could also de saturate the whole layer and use the erasor tool to select the area where you want the colour to show through.
Hope that helps,
Regards Richard F.

 

[Roni G]

The colors and style of the graffiti reminds me the Beatles' Yellow Submarine. Beautiful!

 

[jaydubbleya]

Thanks for the tip Richard.

I have 5 days left of my Photoshop trial, and am playing with a couple of images as we speak!

Keep up the good work.

JW

 

[jaydubbleya]

Hi Richard,

I've just uploaded my first PhotoShop attempt following your tips.

http://ricohforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=3114&p=12315#p12315

Thanks
JW

 

[thelps]

Some of these city art images are quite interesting and raise questions.
In this image I wonder what the guy with the pizza is saying to the person with the book??

I have some in my film archive that are quite whacky, I must scan them someday.

 

[fishric]

Hi JW,
I like your picture. The trick is to keep on experimenting, different subjects require different treatments. I often like to keep the coloured area quite small and the opacity reduced to 50% or 25% for a more subtle effect.
Here is an example.
Regards Richard F.

 

[rondo]

I really would not want to hurt anyone's feeling here, and I hope no one questions my intentions, but what is the story with b&w&c pictures? I don't get it at all...And never have seen a good example, if anything it ruins the shots. If what you want is to emphasize the colorful graffiti, the buildings with years of patina in their uninteresting and pale colors would make it even more pronounced than b&w.
Also I think it is a tricky way of isolating an object within a frame. If what you want is for viewer to focus on a certain element in your picture, you will need to think more about composition.
One of the worst examples of this was on Schindler's list, fantastic b&w photography, and when the little child with red coat showed up, it killed the whole thing for me. Maybe it is just me.