Selective coloring using Lightroom

This is my first experience doing selective coloring using Lightroom. CC welcome. This is the Lake street bridge in Chicago, BTW.

You won't get a lot of compliments on this forum for selective coloring. It's generally viewed as an acknowledgement that there's something off about the subject or composition that the photographer is trying to remedy. Effectively photographed, a subject will attract the eye's attention without use of a process that many experienced photographers view as a gimmick that shouts out to the viewer, "This is what you're supposed to be looking at." The immediate handicap is that taillight trails are not an inherently interesting subject. I think the image would be better without them.

The shot itself of the bridge structure is interesting. I'm not a fan of b&w, but it works here. It does appear to be tilted a tiny bit to the right.

Thanks Joe for that critique. Appreciate the feedback.

I guess I'm one of the few people here who like selective coloring. I like what you did and think it's quite interesting.

I don't generally like selective colouring, but this one works for me. I guess that it is close enough to what the scene might look like (barring the colour of the light) to not look too 'gimmicky'.

Nice image, I don't see it as a "gimmick" at all but I'm just a wildlife shooter so maybe I don't know any better! Nice work!

I would just crop the top down a bit. Just so the top of the image starts with just the first beam if you know what I mean.

Good photo,
Seth

I don't mind selective colour in this case as much. Something to try is maybe not completely desaturate the background and leave it with a hint of colour.

Thanks for all the feedback! Appreciate it very much. I'll try to incorporate the suggestions and post an updated version later.