B&W Subject on COLOR background!

Challenge #4 in the The Art of Contradiction series. Hosted by sagebrushfire.

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The title says it all. Your main subject should be processed to look Black and White while the background has color. This is the opposite of what you'd normally do, it should be interesting to see how people make it work!

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Announced:

Monday, 30th July, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 6th August, 2012 – Sunday, 12th August, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 13th August, 2012 – Sunday, 19th August, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Post-processing is required (or please explain how you fit the challenge without it!).

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Images should be B&W or Sepia-toned. Other monochrome schemes are NOT ALLOWED.
Images MUST have a title; more than anything this ensures that you read the rules!
The B&W/Color combination should be visible from the Thumbnail. No making just the subject's irises monochrome or just the lips, etc. (unless they fill the frame).

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Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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cicada's empty ashen shell

by hahapauli

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It's cicada season, I love cicadas and I love photographing their empty shells, I thought it a great opportunity to try something different with many similar shots I've taken over the last week or so.

Camera:	Sony SLT-A77
Lens:	Minolta 100mm macro prime
Submitted:	Monday, 6th August, 2012 02:50 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 31st July, 2012
Focal length:	100 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F11
ISO:	800
Notes:	Some compisition crop, color emhanced(minimal) and the desaturation of the subject.
Views:	58
Galleries:	View this photo in hahapauli's gallery

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