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I had so much fun with this week's Sunday Challenge, which had the theme of selective colouring, that I ended up with several possibles and here's the last of the ones that nearly made it.

This was a candid I took at a car show and is probably one of my favourites. Not only because of the girl's beautiful smile, but because of how I came to get the shot in the first place.

I'd been taking photographs of some Opel Manta cars on what I assume was a club stand when I noticed this pretty girl using the mirror of her car to check her look and apply some hairspray.

I thought it would be a great candid, but either I was too slow or she was to quick in realising what I was up to. So I missed the shot I was actually after, but ended up with this, which as I say is one of my favourite candids.

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Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Well, this is a good shot, but not necessary edited this way ;-) This could look much better with larger areas of color, like woman's skin, or car, or both =)

10 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

You're probably right Sami to a point, that's one of the reasons I didn't use it as my main entry.

I don't particularly like selective colour where there are too many things or rather colours picked out, but this was just a bit of fun to highlight the tale behind the image. It was all about the can of hairspray so that's what I opted to pick up on.

Just a bit of fun really and it shows that the technique works for some images more than others ... in this case I much prefer the original full colour shot.

10 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon has replied to autofantasia ^club

I disagree with Sami... I like just the little pop of colour. I believe it highlights just what she was doing before you snapped the shot. different strokes for different folks!

10 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Shuttering Yukon

Thanks Wendi! :)

10 years ago.

Indycaver (Norm) ^club

Wonderful photo Paul! Love it!

10 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Indycaver (Norm) ^club

Thanks very much Norm! :)

10 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon

I do hope she didn't get any hairspray ON the car! great shot, I also just love her smile!

10 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Shuttering Yukon

It's a winning smile for sure! :)

10 years ago.

Esther ^club

Great story. I was wondering how the hairspray happened to be in her hand.

10 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Esther ^club

It was just one of those funny moments Esther ... glad you enjoyed the story! :)

10 years ago.

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