Selective Colour

This competition has now closed.

Winners

1st
I Love My World
Nimai Chandra Ghosh
2nd
The Face
Pranab Basak
3rd
Red Chilli
Bharat Bhambhaney

Commended

This competition will appeal to all who love to dabble in a bit of post-production processing! We’ve asked for ‘monochrome’ and ‘colourful’, so this time we have opted for a little bit of both.
Selective colour photography is the process of photo manipulation in which you convert a photo to black and white whilst leaving an “accent” or partial colour on a photograph or a selected area. This is an effective way to draw the eye to an area or object in an image, or it can be used to add an element of fun to images; the idea is to be creative and enjoy the process.

Just as the human eye is attracted to bright areas in an image, it is also attracted to more saturated areas. You can use this as a tool to guide the viewer’s eye around a photo. It is the difference in saturation that the eye can spot not just high saturation. If you have even saturation all over your photo, you can’t control the eye through colour. If you only turn up the saturation on certain objects of interest in your photo, the eye will seek those out.

The way Selective Colour works is in a similar way, by decreasing the saturation from everything else but the subject. If you completely remove all colour, except a few elements, you will have a semi-black and white or selective colour photo. This technique can be used to create strong photos.

Competition Judge

Faramarz Zareian

Faramarz’s love of photography began as a child with his uncle’s analogue SLR. As a young boy, he enjoyed capturing photographs and printing them in darkrooms.
Now 30 years old, he is addicted to photography and carries his camera wherever he goes. He is the proud winner of various competitions those of which include a competition which helped the children of India. He also received 4th place in an amateur photography magazine competition entitled “amateur photographer of the year 2013”.He was part of top 100 mountain photos of 2014 german(by kiku and BMW).
Many of his images are featured in TPA exhibitions, including 200 Faces and A Splash of Colour. The inspiration behind his works on show include the beautiful mountains of Asia, the countries of India and Nepal which mirror the beauty of nature, and the awe inspiring views of the Iran deserts. In each of his photographs, Faramaz tries to capture the scene from different viewpoints and based on this love to this lifestyle He moved to italy .

I Love My World

Nimai Chandra Ghosh

First Prize

Outstanding subject with clear message and awesome use of colour relating to content.

The Face

Pranab Basak

Second Prize

Great portrait with sharp colour that draws the viewers eye into the image.

Red Chilli

Bharat Bhambhaney

Third Prize

Great composition and perfect use of leading lines, drawing the viewer into the image.

Colours of Life

Pranab Basak

Commended

Great portrait that utilizes the rule of thirds and bold contrasting colours to emphasize its subject.

Morning Prayer

Pranab Basak

Commended

Good use of depth of field and low contrast in the background of the image which are then offset beautifully by the use of sharp colour the subject in the foreground.

Moichara

Shibasish Saha

Commended

Fantastic use of a fast shutter speed, freezing the motion and capturing an action packed scene.

Paul Angshuman

Life Circle

Commended

Absolutely perfect use of shape and colour, drawing focus on the subject relaxing.