Yellow Bibbon
The computer has given us a whole new range of techniques that either was not available in the darkroom or was extremely difficult to accomplish manually. Now most people can clone, color enhance, filter and convert their photography using the software available. This comes with its own set of problems and issues but it can make it more fun than ever to be creative.
This photo was taken for a military group by a photographer working with the public relations department. I have not counted the number of people in this shot but it must be over a couple hundred. Taking the shot was not the hard part; the person herding the cats is the one I admire. As you can see the group was arranged so that the airport control tower with the flag was in the center of the image at the head of the ribbon. This is an important element to get the message across. The conversion of part of the layout too black and white leaves only the important elements, the yellow ribbon and flag, in color and works quite well for this PR photo.
I would like to make a recommendation to the photo-artist. The important thing in the concept of this composition is the color standing out from the black and white background. The hues in this illustration appear to be a little muddy and therefore aren’t as prominent as you may wish. By using the layers pallet in Photoshop and adjusting the contrast and saturation you can make the colors pop and have a more stunning image. Go to the web site ‘Dazzling Photography’ at http://www.dazzlingphotography.com/ to get some ideas on how this can be done.
The photo-artist has also supplied us with a computer adaptation if this image, see below.
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Adaptation 
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