The option I decided to use for this exercise was to use the channels layer to alter the lightness of green foliage.
I selected this image of a crocosmia, as I wanted to emphasize the difference in tones for the complementary colours.
Original Image
For a reference, I created the following version, by converting to grayscale with no other adjustments:
This image is now an overall fairly dark grey, with little detail showing in the flower head.
I then converted the original image to monochrome, using the channel mixer:
In the channel mixer I increased to green slider significantly, until clipping started to occur. The red channel was decreased slightly, to emphasize the flower petals. The blue channel was increased slightly to improve the highlights in the flower petals, until clipping started to show.
This image now shows much more detail in the flower. By making the background greens lighter and darkening the flower, the image has more contrast and separation of the flower from the foliage.
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