I'm not sure what I was supposed to do in post-processing to make this monotone. It seems pretty monotone to me already. If I had time to shoot this over, I would move the horse head a bit so it didn't partly cover the girls' face. Oh heck... if I had time to shoot this over again, I'd probably do something entirely different! But it was fun. :)
Nice job with the monotone color. Is everything already this color or was the color changed?
ReplyDeleteI messed with the colors a little, but mostly they are already that color, but a little more green and less yellow. This color blended better with the background, using a sepia filter. The inner frame helped pull the background in, too.
ReplyDeleteThe intention of the monotone subject was to practise your post-processing to turn an image into B&W or be toned with a single (mono) colour.
ReplyDeleteAlthough haven't quite done that, your outcome does indeed look like a single toned image. You did a fantastic job of finding so many similarly coloured objects. Excellently done.
Overall, the composition is perhaps a little jumbled and cluttered, since there is just so much to look at that is given equal prominence both through size and focal clarity.
Oh, yes, absolutely cluttered and jumbled! That's why I would probably have done something entirely different if I had redone it. :)
ReplyDeleteIf when you are taking your picture, you cannot figure out what the focus of your image is, then you probably have too many items and our eyes, as viewers, don't know where to look. If you have many items that are all the same, then you can pile them on and create a fill effect that has a pattern. A photo full of raspberries from top to bottom would be an example. Here it's difficult to estimate what you wanted us to look at.
ReplyDeleteAlthough this could be considered a monotone image usually the idea is to turn your image into black and white and then using hue/saturation set to color(although other tools may also be used) you give it one tone.. (check colorize in hue/sat) it could be a soft blue or a yellow. After you have chosen a color, you certainly would want to desaturate it a bit so the color is not overpowering.
Well, I certainly learned a lot about monotone from this thread!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Thank you, eury.
ReplyDeleteA great outcome. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the display of a Bric-à-brac shop.
ReplyDeleteLove the smooth china curves and overall feel. A cool frame filling shot
ReplyDeleteI am not so sure what you do to get such wonderful comments and constructive advise! You must have some kind of wonderful karma...I need to bookmark your photos for reference
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