Man shed

I wanted to take a "boring" shot and make it more interesting by converting it to mono and playing with adjustment layers and toning.  I used the gradient tool to bring out the yellow bucket rather than a layer mask (saw the method in a video by davrodigital on YouTube but can't work out how to revert it now. 

The original image is in Extra photos below.  MrW doesn't think the original is boring at all (it is his shed - or one of them anyway) but - whatever - I think the mono version is better.  I think it looks tidier too! 

Opinions welcome.