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Blue Velvet
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Challenge: Hidden Gem IV (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Kodak P712
Date: Jun 15, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2014

 Special thanks to all those who took the time to comment and let me know they liked this. I'm not ordinarily a selective color fan and I think that's true of many here at DPC, so I hesitated to enter this. However, I do think it can work when the image looks as if or almost as if it could have been in black and white with a touch of color; and, in my opinion, that's the case here.
This is one of the less frequented hallways at the Palace of Versailles in France. The floor is, of course, black and white, and the bench is blue. The walls are more a creamy beige.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.5200
Avg (commenters): 8.0769
Avg (participants): 6.4356
Avg (non-participants): 6.8750
Views since voting: 557
Views during voting: 202
Votes: 125
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/17/2014 09:57:43 PM
Marvelous!
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 06/17/2014 02:55:06 PM
Well done. I think the blue works very well, and glad that it is not the sometimes overdone red!
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 06/17/2014 04:26:52 AM
Nice touch with the blue focal point.
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 06/16/2014 08:53:28 PM
I love the that touch of blue. Really nice
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 06/14/2014 07:31:13 PM
Beautiful textures, shapes and shadows. Excellent choice with the B&W with the exception of the chair.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2014 10:11:58 AM
This would be a strong entry for the 'benches' challenge...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/13/2014 11:05:10 AM
a gem!
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 06/12/2014 02:25:52 PM
Not often does selective saturation works. But here it is ok.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/12/2014 10:40:47 AM
Nice job on the selective desat. It's not overwhelming. Very nice perspective and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2014 06:42:14 PM
Excellent example of selective color that i never thought would work. I always thought that fiery colors (red, yellow, orange and variations) work best with this technique, never blue.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2014 12:48:46 PM
where is harry potter ?
wonderful floor, and light !
love the figures on the right and the lamps

to me the blue velvet is a minor element in the image
9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/11/2014 12:18:19 PM
hoping this scores well - imho it's better than 90% of the entries i've seen so far.
no score given due to tpl team rules
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 06/11/2014 08:34:09 AM
Love the title. This is solemnly beautiful. Well done.
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 06/11/2014 12:54:26 AM
10
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