The use of "spot colour" in photography !!!

[snatcher]

I have never been a fan of "spot colour" in photography and had therefore never tried it before. I just happened to be sorting some photo files out yesterday on my passport hard drive when for some reason I thought of that technique when looking at a picture of Beverly Minster I had taken. Its certainly not a difficult technique to apply but I still cannot decide if I like it or not.

What do you think ? It certainly has its uses to the professionals as they can highlight products using it. I am still sitting on the fence on this one

John

 

[peter.m]

Never tried it myself yet John but I like it a bit. It has to be right for me, I've seen many pics that look too tacky but some that have a bit of wow factor.

For me there's too much colour in the window for this one to work but I like the perspective of the shot.

What software do you use? I've started on Lightroom and I'm currently editting my back catalogue when I have time.

 

[snatcher]

Never tried it myself yet John but I like it a bit. It has to be right for me, I've seen many pics that look too tacky but some that have a bit of wow factor.

For me there's too much colour in the window for this one to work but I like the perspective of the shot.

What software do you use? I've started on Lightroom and I'm currently editting my back catalogue when I have time.

Photoshop CS5 Peter

John

 

[over par]

Looks good to me, but then again it helps when the origonal shot is as good as that. A bit like the in-laws - only of use once in a while.

 

[The Jester]

I dont know if this really counts, but one famous piece of spot colour i always remember was the little girl in the red coat, in the black and white film Schindlers List, pretty powerfull use of it......