I am not a selective color fan either. In fact, pretty much the only time I like it is when the result "looks" natural. So I knew I had trouble with this. Grass is not black and white. I spent a huge amount of time trying to digitally extend the shadows on the left and the sidewalk on the right to take out the grass. I failed miserably. I did not like this in full color - the green distracted from both the robin and the shadows. I tried black and white and had that in for a few days, but the robin was lost and the result was flat. Finally I decided that this was the lesser of the evils available to me, so I put it in.
And then there was roll-over. And I looked and I did NOT like it. So finally I decided to bring the green back but in a very reduced saturation sort of way. That's what I uploaded to FAA and what I should have put in here.
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It must be selective desat month. This is the only shot that does it effectively, imo. I'm still not a desat fan, but I do love the robin and the shadow.
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