Let's see an example of how to take a decent photo and really drive attention to the subject using color and saturation. This photo has a nice composition but is rather bland. Moreover, there's too much contrast between the very bright sky and the relatively dark vegetation and bridge. Therefore, let's first use tone equalizer to brighten the foreground and use filmic rgb to darken the sky:
It's easy to see the effect this has by looking at the histogram:
Next, we can use the local contrast module to bring out more detail in the clouds and the structure of the bridge:
Finally, we want to draw attention to the bridge using its unique color compared to the surrounding green foliage. To do this, we first improve the colors overall by increasing chroma and saturation in the shadows and midtones and boosting brilliance in the highlights:
Next, we use color equalizer to brighten and saturate the bridge while simultaneously desaturating the foliage:
This naturally draws your eye to the bridge, making it the focus of attention. The combined effect of these adjustments is a substantially more interesting image:
