I liked the composition of this photo. So I decided to change it a little. I know the finished version of this has appeared in the blog at an earlier date, but I wanted to explain how I did it.
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After...
The first photo was fine, but I just wanted to change it to black and white, then reintroduce some selected colour. To begin with I turned the image into black and white on Photoshop, then used three separate 'layers' to add each of the colours. I zoomed in until the image was very large, then added the colour. I didn't worry too much about accuracy, as I went back in with an eraser after each colour application. I took much more care with the eraser! I made sure that the colour retained transparency, in order to pick up the highlights, and I also used the 'opacity' slider to reduce the intensity. I repeated the process for each of the three layers. The great thing about layers is that the colours don't merge and make a mess. The bad thing about this sort of work is that it can make you a little obsessive...
