Selective Colourization

[Travis]

I am posting three here because I'm looking for a general critique on this technique. All three of these shots were on the cutting room floor because of high noon shooting creating poor skys. Even if I have another subject in my landscapes if the sky isn't right it doesn't make the cut. Since the sky was a distraction in each of these I decided to silence it a bit with colourization. What I'm looking for is your opinion when you see imagery like this. Is it too cliche ...... Is the variance between the foreground and the background too intense..... or do you find it helps you better focus on the strong element of the image... (excuse my lack of question marks.. for some reason É is what I get when I push the question mark)

I`ve seen selective colouring used a lot on wedding and child portraiture but haven`t seen it so much on landscape.


EDIT: SORRY MARKO... I MEANT TO POST THIS IN THE PHOTOSHOP TECHNIQUES fORUM.... IF YOU COULD MOVE IT THAT WOULD BE GREAT..