Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/tutorial/index.php?tutorial_id=1618

I posted an image using selective coloring, the sort of shot where most is bw and only selected areas are in color.  Comments have been good but one poster who was complimentary to the image said he would prefer the bw version, without the color.  I have spoken with him before and know he is not a fan of selective coloring and frankly, I generally am not either.

Why? Perhaps "selective color" is something I am simply not used to seeing. Maybe it sometimes reminds me of the  airbrushed color added portraits of years ago.  I really don't know why I generally have a hard time with selective colored images.  (Well, I don't care for clowns, either, go figure.)

One secret to making the process work appears to be finding the fine line of saturation for the colored part. Slightly desaturated is best.  For instance, a bright red against against a bw photo simply does not look appealing..to me.

Do you like selective color or not or have mixed feelings about it? Sure, much depends on the particular image at hand.

Thoughts appreciated.        TomDart.

Footote: The link is to the excellent and short tut on the process by  nattarious.   I did not use this technique for my recent image but the tut is excellent and it truly works well.