sometimes selective desaturation can do a marvelous job in drawing the focus of an image to one certain thing that is the key element of a photo that would be sadly overlooked or underrecognized in the full color version.
In my opinion, this isn't one of those times.
Though I have no grasp on what the color version looks like, I can almost assuredly say that this imsage is so simple in its composition that it doesn't need selective desaturation. I think that the selective desaturation in this image actually hurts it, because the challenge subject is candid, however all color has been drained from the alleged subject, drawing the focus to the bubble wand (or whatever you call those crazy things). Not only that, but the bubble wand, without the title, is unrecognizable. Without seeing the title, I originally thought it was some sort of lollypop dripping with his spit. Also, the border detracts from the image. With the light qualities of this, the black border doesn't help. When you're doing a shot this close, its best to keep it as simple as possible, and the selective desat and border, in my opinion, detract from that. And a few technical things, too: blown hilights, the image is slightly tilted, judging by the structure in the background. But those things don't really concern me as much as the desat and the border. |
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