Flower with a photoshop twist

[FishFox]

Hey Guys,

Took this flower shot, the flower was so pretty I wanted to bring it out by desaturating the background, what do you think?

http://www.hostedimage.com/usr/1035/mysteryflower1.jpg

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[jonb]

I love it! It looks absolutely classic. It has an elegant b&w look to it, with just a splash of color. Perfect!

I hope you'll print a copy and frame it! It's a keeper.

[drdrew]

how did you isolate the background to desaturate it?

did you have to use the lasso tool and trace around the flower, or was there another way???

[FishFox]

Hey drdrew,

I used the magic wand tool to select the flower then right clicked and selected select invert, then desatured the background and used feathering on a 10 pixel basis...

Fishfox

[Sea Squirt]

I agree that it's very classic.. Really lovely.. The yellow stamens are much more eye catching when put in contrast with the black and white..

[drdrew]

hmmmm

i gotta practice with that magic wand...seems i remember trying to use it and it would grab only pieces of what i wanted.....

thanks for the tip though!