Hockney on the stairs and a chair.

[John 2]

Two more from the Hockney exhibition. I went to the mill with the intention of photographic some of the industrial architecture but this is as near as I got. I'm not sure whether the chair was an exhibit or there for convenience but it's my attempt at something minimalist. As always, polite comments welcome.

Fuji XT-1
23mm Fuji X lens

1/55th sec @ f2.0 ISO 800


1/125th Sec @ f 2.0 ISO 3200

[bnnrcn]

I like both of them very much John. Nice compositions and good PP work

[Whistletown Wilds]

I also like the composition and the simplicity making art from the mundane, good job!

[jinjohninjoh]

How do you get the picture to be in colour and the rest on b&w? Thanks,
Sam

[Mike Buckley]

Both of these are very effective for all sorts of reasons. Very well done!

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[deetheturk]

Well captured John, you sure had a great photographic day at the exhibition, two very nice images mate!

[Texas Dave]

Both are done well. I find the first image much more interesting and I appreciate the tones in the black and white portion most of all. Especially the high lights on the upper stairs. I think the camera position was spot on and the lighting is great. Nice eye!

[dje]

Very good indeed John. Selective colour can be a bit gimmicky for me but not in this case, I think it makes the image. The chair in the second is interesting but doesn't look very comfortable !

Dave

[purplehaze]

Both very nice, John. I also like your framing: sleek and subtle. In a word, classy!

[Barbara Ponder]

Lovely shots!

[Ziggy]

I like both, good eye.

[IzzieK]

I love #1 instantly as soon as I saw it...this is the second of your recent selective colouring that I find so attractive...you have a good eye. PP is great...

[John 2]

Thanks everyone for the great feedback. It was a good day because while my other half was enjoying the exhibits, I had the freedom to roam. You can't always do that when you are with other people.

David (Texas), thanks for your comment on the lighting. It needed quite a lot of PP. The light spilling in from the RHS was a bit bright and needed some graduated ND in CS6.

Dave (dje), selective colour has been overdone just for the sake of producing something different. It's got it a bad name which is a shame because it can be a useful tool. What I wanted to achieve here was to emphasise the 19th century industrial building against the richness of Hockney's colours. If I were to enter this into a competition in the UK, it would bomb purely because it would immediately be categorised as old hat.

Sam that's a question and a half. There are several ways of doing this but essentially, you need imaging software that is capable of selectively separating the coloured area from the rest. That might be a selection tool that will allow you to accurately select the outline of the area you want to retain in colour or software that will allow you to create layers. If you make a selection and then invert it i.e. select everything but the coloured area, you can convert the rest to mono leaving the coloured area unaffected. With layers, you can duplicate the original layer, convert the bottom layer to mono and then erase those parts of the top layer where you want the mono version to show through. There are other ways depending on the software that you have to hand.