Why do so many dislike selective coloring?

[mishele]

Whenever I think of selective coloring, this is what I think of......
I know this isn't photography but I believe it holds the essence of what makes selective coloring work. If you choose to use it, you need to have a powerful subject that helps provoke thoughts about the rest of the picture...=)

 

[DiskoJoe]

Here is a post I made with a few selective desaturations from when I went to NOLA.

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[mikemueller2112]

I think it works well if there is a lack of colour in the image to begin with. That image with the building works well, because I don't think there's a huge variance in colours (the yellow of the light is still fairly subtle) in contrast to the greys. The week I got my camera I made one of these, I don't think it's too cheesy because there was a lack of colour aside from the orange which has been highlighted. I basically got rid of some of the yellows that were in the text.