I wanted to make this photo stand out so I desaturated all the green and yellow. I thought it makes it a little different. I don't know if people will like it or not, but I think it looks cool. The other colors I didn't really touch much. I left them pretty natural, with maybe only a very slight boost.
The border I added because I thought it would look cool, plus I had never done this type of border so I was interested to learn how to do it. I got instructions on it from //www.makesmewonder.com :)
The photo itsself was taken at the Royal Botanical Gardens here in Melbourne on my lunch break. That is just two guys I don't know sitting on the seats feeding the ducks.
Because this is not a traditional garden shot, I am a little worried about how it will go, but then I really like it and my new learned PS techniques so I don't care too much.
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This particular landscape seems to have it's own level of interest. I simply do not understand your reasoning for the desaturation in this one. In my opinion, desaturation of color should serve some specific purpose and create some specific interest. I am completely missing that in this photo. Your choice of border here is also a bit weak in my opinion. It's not 'continuous' around the image because it gets lost in the darker areas of the photo.
I think this photo would be much better without trying to use digital enhancement with no really positive outcome of that enhancement...
I assume you purposely desaturated all but a few colors...? Not sure that really has a desirable effect here -- it makes everything look like a fire has just swept through. I'd be careful when to use that particular technique.
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