Selective Colour in B&W Images

Quite agree. I have a version with the red light much brighter but I seem to have clicked on the wrong one to upload.
David

You guys have also hijacked the OP's thread, so please start this again as a new thread.

I think that the coloured leaf is lost in the shot. Whilst colour popping can be used to good effect by drawing the viewers eye to the popped element, in this case the B&W tree trunk still draws the viewers eye away from the smaller new growth leaf. Nice sharp image, and good clean pop.

Regards, Walter

I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. I quite like this shot, I've seen a lot far worse examples of colour-popping. Personally I think the tree might look better partially saturated, but I don't mind it as is. However, the eye does tend to be drawn away up the tree trunk, and for that reason alone it doesn't work for me.

Most clichés become such because they were a good idea in the first place. It's only repetitiveness and over-familiarity that turn them into clichés.
Saying that, if I never see another colour-popped London bus or phone box it'll be too soon. Or another long exposure of Derwent Water.

I just wish I knew how to do it!

If you consider the length of time photography has been available, is there any photographic image that is not a cliche to someone some where? Perhaps we should give up and stay in a darkened room contemplating our navels

I quite agree about so called 'cliches'. There are so many images now published that everything could be regarded as a cliche. There will always be room for an excellent example of anything.

As for the original invitation to comment upon the approach and result. I think colour popping has a place but it isn't with this image. I think the composition is good enough to focus the attention firmly on the mistletoe(?) and I think the additional colour popping is unnecessary and too much of a gimmick in this context.