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).

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

103

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green tree frog

by petejc

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happy little chap

Camera:	Pentax Optio 555
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Submitted:	Saturday, 11th August, 2012 04:35 (GMT)
Taken:	Sunday, 17th June, 2007
Focal length:	7.8 mm
Shutter speed:	1/800 sec
Aperture:	F2.8
ISO:	64
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Galleries:	View this photo in petejc's gallery

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