Showing it in color was like "turning on the light"

[Mira]

I was on a quest of shooting same views first in b/w and then in color.
The subject matter was fascinating but full of "junky" views and did not, I learned, lend itself to b/w because it was too loaded down with images.

I'm showing these just to entertain you, it was a fun excursion, and I did get a bit more familiar with what does and does not work.

WJMS= you know, I would bet, that this is at "The Screen Door" in Asheville














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[HarveyDarkey]

1. The color works so much better in these

especially the second, third & last IMO.

[Callalily]

2. What a neat experiment.

But truth be told, I like photos 2, 3 and 6 in the b/c version better. But that's just me. :-)

[Celebration]

3. Not sure how hard it is to do this

It might be fun to experiment with making some of these part color and part black and white. I, too, like a couple of these better in black and white. But what I might try (if I could do it without much trouble) would be something like making the last one black and white, but the boots color.

I can tell you had fun with this experiment. Did you buy anything?

[Mira]

4. It was probably the first time ever

in that antique and trinket mall that I did not buy anything. A number of the famed "things in my yard" are from there. I was pre-occupied with shooting photos, and my focus was switched from looking at items to looking at the bigger picture.

It's a simple and easy thing to do to "spot color" with a Picasa slider or two.
And it's a good idea, they may well lend themselves to it. The difficulty is the delineation and the control of the bleed between color and no color.
To do a perfect job it would have to be done in photoshop.

Thanks for looking at them, and for your comments, and for being there, Celebration!

[alfredo]

5. Love the colors in the second one. It could work in b&w,

but the colors are too good to leave out.