Selective color is subtracting colors from one another so that only the ones you want will stand out. Doing this can make a photograph look pretty dramatic or because the person wants you to focus on a specific thing within the photo. You can either let a little bit of color, or even a large amount of color in.Lots of beautiful examples in the link I have posted above. Some are simple, others are more complex. The example I have of mine is pretty simple. I desaturated everything else but brought in just the green rock. Took me all about 30 seconds. So it's not too complex. Some of the pictures in the link have selected color down to tiny details such a leaves and strands of grass, which would take a steady hand so you are not having to keep redoing an object because you keep slipping outside too much. You can also mess around with the hue and saturation of the selected colors to make the pop even more.
Here are even more examples. I really like the first image from this link because the selected colors are already kind of neutral so they blend into the black and white of the photo pretty well. I also really like the photos that have reflections in them. It's like seeing into two different worlds. The dull black and white above, and the colorful vibrant world through reflection. In order to perform the Selective Color Technique you need photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop. There are other programs you can use as well, and some are probably free. I have never used any other software besides Photoshop so I can not say how other programs would work. This is a pretty neat technique to experiment with though. Try it out!
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