Originally posted by Wasp It works for me in an abstract kind of way, but it's way over the top
I was trying to think of a polite way of saying you have got too keen on pushing those sliders when I saw your statement!!. At the end of the day the correct result is the one that pleases you.
I think the strengths of colour is the way the colours work with each other and not just colour for colours sake. I feel the Artist's work quoted by the OP reflects this and the colours themselves are not that strong. There is a Monkey's face with just a splash of crimson in a sea of B&W that demonstrates this in their galleries.
Here is an image of mine that I think has the colours working due to the relationships of the colours . It is not just that the green and red are basically opposites but the neutral tones at the bottom play a part too.
The bokeh texture is courtesy of a mirror Pentax 400-600mm.
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