Above is a photo I took at a protest march a couple of years ago. It's the only example of a photo where I've used selective drop saturation to isolate a subject. It's a simple technique and there's a lot about but I'm wondering whether it's more of a gimmick than a legitmate technique. It's a quick way of making a subject leap out from the picture but could it be too easy? Is that a thing? Could it be/is it overused? And is it always an improvement? Take a look at the two photos below, which I took at a party over the weekend. I'm not sure that the processed photo is actually an improving and probably detracts from the original rather than adding to it, although I still like it. Now I've found a simple tool to achieve the effect, maybe I'll start to use it more and see if I reach any conclusions.
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