Black and White with Color

Orignal Photo

This picture was taken September 21st of 2010. This picture was taken in my front yard on the lilac bushes. I took this picture on vivid mode so the colors would pop out more.

Black and White

This is the picture in black and white. I  just desaturated the picture and used curves on it to make it pop out more.

Black and White with color

This is the picture with color in it. After I desaturated it and curved it I poked out the eye and merged all the extra layers so I could put the color in it. Then, I poked the eye back in and grabbed the eraser and started putting the color back into the leaf.

I like this picture better because it focuses on just the one leaf that I want to focus on. I tried spot healing, clone stamp and healing but they didn't look good with the picture so I had to leave the extra leaves there. But I like the leaf now because it seems to pop out more.