About the Image(s)

”The Secret Garden” is another image in the same series as last month?s swans, with the Memory appearing in color in the midst of the gray bleakness of reality. - In the upper floor of the derelict hospital, a leak in the roof had resulted in an unexpected patch of bright greenery growing on the damp floor and droppings of the birds (Orig. 1). I wanted to show somebody to discover this vibrant secret garden, and added a layer of Orig. 2 which is my reflection in a broken mirror in the garage we keep our car. I added another layer of Orig. 1 in normal blend mode and 54% opacity, and erased parts of the layers to create a more dream-like feel. I selected the ugly brownish yellow tone in the HSL editor and reduced its saturation to nil. That left me with an essentially black-and-white background and very bright green ferns. I was struggling with the green: is it too garish? I tried to adjust the hue but kept returning to the original. - What do you think? Any other ideas?