Hello Luke...
Thank you for those compliments! much appreciated.
The girder forks of course, are not original to this bike as the whole front end is from a WD 1940 M20. These are parts that I had spare and lying around. I rather fancied the experiment at the time just to see if it could be done and of course from what you see... It can! It's a lovely ride I can tell you, there is something about girders when riding that makes it much more of a vintage bike (I'm waffling here lol) I still have the original front end for when, and If, I need to change back, no permanent alterations have been done to the frame. There is a bit of a 'Blogg' on my website if you'd like to have a browse...
http://www.ljswain.btinternet.co.uk/star-twin.htmI'll email you some more pictures later, I'll probably update the website now as its ages since I added to it.
Cheers!
LJ.
Sinbad... Yes it is a bit deceptive, The picture is indeed black and white but with a bit of clever photoshopping (The cleverness is within Photoshop NOT me! lol ) Some colour was shaded in to highlight certain parts as you have noticed.
How to do it...Selective colouring as its called can be done in photoshop if you have photoshop... here is how it's done...
Here's the way I do selective colouring... Someone else might have a different approach... But this is the simplest way I have learned.
The selective colouring is a very simple process.
1) Open your photo in Photoshop and from top tool bar...
2)Select: Image
3)Select: Adjustments
4)Select: Desaturate (this will render your photo B/W)
5)Select: History brush (From tools bar)
6)Select: Brush size
7) Holding your mouse button down, simply go over the area you want the colour to be on (being careful not to go out of the lines (It's a bit like a basic kiddies magic water colouring book). That's all there is to it! If you want you can flatten it after you are done, (some people like to, but it's not really necessary).
Note: If you do go out of the lines. Do not start completely all over again, just press Control button + Z until you get back to the point just before the error occurred... Then start colouring again. You might also want to magnify the area you are working in if the picture or detail is small. (Less chance of going out of the lines)
