Smiling In The Shadows ...

This is my entry for this week's Sunday Challenge which had the theme of selective colouring.

For anyone that likes to know about such matters, I use PaintShop Pro whenever I'm doing this kind of exercise: although I know there are loads of other options available.

I start by getting the original image tweaked to the point where I'm happiest with it and then create a duplicate layer, which I sit above the original image. I then convert the duplicate layer to mono/greyscale before deleting out the area I want to highlight, which then lets the coloured original underneath show through.

Finally, all I need to do is merge down the two layers to form one single image ... job done!

This particular shot was taken a while back, but I'd never gotten around to posting it online and I felt it leant itself well to this week's challenge.

Mr Smiley always makes me smile when I see him and hopefully he'll have the same effect on anyone visiting my photostream.