[Wolfman]

This isn't perfect.... did it quickly, but duplicate layer, inverse, mask everything out and paint in the inversed boots and add some contrast, dodge & burn, and high pass.

[kotya]

Image 1_2: Dark gray layer in Multiply mode.
Image 2_2: Curves adjustment layer added.

Sorry for the really bad tracing, I only had a few minutes.

[Dave.Cox]

Here is my attempt. Don't black boots still have a hint of blue?

[kvarfordt]

Hi Zogdart.
Challenging retouch, here is my attempt. If you like it I can send you the adjustment layers.

Heres what I did:
- Levels to darken, set to hard light
- Curves layer, some more contrast
- Hue/Sat layer to remove some color artifacts, slight blue tint
- Curves to fix clipped highlights
- Curves to bring back larger highlights, with a layer mask

The edges could use some blending though and the masking was pretty quickly done...

[pixelzombie]

that came out nice, i'd be curious to see your adjustment layers...

[kvarfordt]

Thanks pixelzombie. Here is the .psd file: http://www.kvarfordtphotography.net/...oots-black.psd

I made the mask with the pen tool now so its more accurate.

[zogdart]

To: Kvarfordt

Super nice i think you are the closest at the moment! Good work.
Thank's for sharing you PSD file. Very nice of you! =;+)

I will take the the time to have a proper look at it and probably come back with a few question!!! Cheers!

[skydog]

Kvarfort....very nice....

[dvaught]

Isolate boots and fill with black. Isolate highs and fill with white. Highlights are flexible, can be brighter if desired.

[warlock]

I don't think my rendition is any better than anyone else's but figured I'd make a show. I flashed a negative and then burned the rest to color.

http://home.comcast.net/~warlockpw/rendition.jpg

[pixelzombie]

Originally Posted by dvaught

Isolate boots and fill with black. Isolate highs and fill with white. Highlights are flexible, can be brighter if desired.

what blending mode did you use for the fills?

[dvaught]

Originally Posted by pixelzombie

what blending mode did you use for the fills?

Both layers set to Normal. Good isolation of the boots filled with default black on a layer. Turned that layer off to see original image and isolated of highlights by making a 3 color alpha channel with a curve push. Turned that into a selection and filled with white on a layer clipped to the boots filled with default black. I adhere to the KISS principle when ever possible.

[kvarfordt]

Originally Posted by zogdart

To: Kvarfordt

Super nice i think you are the closest at the moment! Good work.
Thank's for sharing you PSD file. Very nice of you! =;+)

I will take the the time to have a proper look at it and probably come back with a few question!!! Cheers!

Your welcome.
Im not professional or anything, still learning, so Im happy with the result. Would it be possible that I can use it in my portfolio? (just the boots, not the rest of the model)

[tell]

Selected boots with the pen tool , found another pair of boots using google images and used photoshops match color adjustment layer with the luminance turned down. Moved the boots to their own multiply layer. then did a couple of levels adjustments to even out the colour. The edge around the boots looks a little jagged..

[CaptainHook]

Well, seeing as everyone's had a go.
To me the boots look like they
should be more leather than 'plastic'.
I'm not overly pleased but whatever.
I like the left boot more than the right.
Shoddy masking too. Hah.