Manipulate.

So i want to manipulate pictures to make them more interesting. But it seems like i allways end up overworking them. Heres a sample pls tell me where i go wrong. I started to make her in color and the rest in b&w, then i wanted to give the background some motion. Then i just rushed away.

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I would love if you guys gave it a shot and made something interesting with it to see different stile and what not.

Thx for the tip's!

Quote from killertomato

balance the colors left in the picture to make it look less cheap

This one i didnt understand, you said keep the bgr b&w, do you mean the left of the girl? And if so how would i go about to do that?