Woman with a pink bag

Posted by
Harry (Apex, NC, United States) on 15 January 2025 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

I am not a big fan of this selective color technique, but I could not resist this woman with the bright lipstick and bag.

My post yesterday of the graffiti covered door received nearly universal negative comments. Not sorry, as I try to find memorable images wherever I go, and this clearly hit that nail on the head.

NIKON Z 6_2 1/180 second F/11.0 ISO 800 43 mm (35mm equiv.)

Welcome to all. I began blogging Retained-Images in 2004 at My-Expressions.com. It is gone now.

Jypyä Pop from Turku, Finland

It's good that there's at least some pink in her world.

15 Jan 2025 5:38am

Calusarus from Valence, France

Very nice desaturation. I like the result

15 Jan 2025 6:02am

Claudine/canelle from Lorient, France

Bien vue pour cette photo
Très beau rendu !

15 Jan 2025 6:39am

PascalXLD from Lorient, France

Bien vu avec la desat partielle
Bonne journée

15 Jan 2025 7:06am

Marie from Parc régional naturel de Chartreuse, France

Excellent work of desat
https://mesregards.fr/

15 Jan 2025 8:52am

Daniel from Perpignan, France

Joli travail !!!!

15 Jan 2025 9:07am

Marjolein from Voorne aan Zee, Netherlands

Fine streetview

15 Jan 2025 9:55am

Alan Creation© from Saint Nazaire. Pays de la Loire., France

Parfaite désaturation.

15 Jan 2025 10:57am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

As with graffiti, there would be different opinions about this type of photo. Honestly, if this woman were my mother, I would not feel good. Fortunately, that is not the case.

15 Jan 2025 11:32am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Superb tones and contrasts captured in this B&W composition! I love the selective coloring here.

15 Jan 2025 2:30pm

Roger Dekert from Vauréal, France

Our world needs color!
This old lady has kept a young and relaxed look, it's nice.
so this partial desaturation is a good idea.

15 Jan 2025 5:25pm

Jean-Luc.M from Nancy et ailleurs, France

Beautiful street scene and portrait!

15 Jan 2025 6:14pm

Mhelene from Région parisienne, France

Very well done !

15 Jan 2025 10:05pm

Ron from Fraser Valley, Canada

That technique sure made the pink stand out nicely. Maybe her shoes should be pink also :)

16 Jan 2025 12:41am

@Ron: the pink and red was retained from the original image. Perhaps I could use AI to generate some red shoes.

Remus from Portugal

Like you, I'm not a big fan of this technique, but every now and then, in the right photo, it can really pay off.
We also need to step outside our comfort zones, or we'll keep taking the same old photos.

16 Jan 2025 8:08pm

jeanmadis from Chonburi, Thailand

Well done this de-saturation, up to the lipstick.

17 Jan 2025 2:10am