Hand tinted girls

I am experimenting with hand tinting in CS2 and with my new Wacom Intuos, I took this 35mm image of tribal girls in North Vietnam a few years back and thought it an ideal starting point.
I think by adding the colour to the girls it has made the backdrop look almost like something that was taken in the olden days in a studio.
Anyway, comments welcome please.

Z1 & Delta 400 is all I can remember!

I like it Have you tried with other colours to see what they make the picture look like? Just one comment - I think you have forgotten to tint the LH shoulder strap of the older girl - at least it looks odd to me.

Steve

Thanks Steve, well spotted...missed that, OK now. I have not tried any other colours yet as I was trying to replicate the original colors from memory. The main color of their dress was an incredibly indelible indigo blue but the rest of the colors is just a guess, but they were very bright I remember, will do some research.

Lilly

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I like the effect. There's a strange dissonance, I find, in looking at black and white pictures with elements of them in colour. The subtler the colour (as in this case) the stronger the dissonance, and hence the stronger the effect.

It's a bit like a colouring book for grown-ups , isn't it.

I think its a very good shot, I also think Lilly has made an excelent job of the colouring, unfortunately I dont think it suits the subject

I think I'd prefer this as a straight b&w image, but what do I know...I shoot mostly colour