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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: wolfnowl on March 27, 2013, 03:22:03 pm

Title: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: wolfnowl on March 27, 2013, 03:22:03 pm

Sorry, saw this and couldn't resist!   ;D
(white and black, in this case)

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: RSL on March 27, 2013, 03:38:32 pm

Color. Here's B&W.

Good grab, Mike. Very Martin Parr.

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: nemo295 on March 27, 2013, 06:43:06 pm

I'll take the B&W. In this instance I don't feel that color adds anything. The B&W version accentuates the contrast between the two VWs.

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: RSL on March 27, 2013, 07:08:57 pm

But it wouldn't be Martin Parr-ish in B&W, Doug.

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: nemo295 on March 27, 2013, 07:23:41 pm

Quote from: RSL on March 27, 2013, 07:08:57 pm

But it wouldn't be Martin Parr-ish in B&W, Doug.

True enough. Parr is peerless in his use of color and I would bet that he'd have seen the scene differently.

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 27, 2013, 07:55:50 pm

I prefer the color version. That amazing blue sky really emphasizes the White and the Black of the cars. No subtle beige or off-white here.

Title: Re: Colour, or Black and White?
Post by: francois on March 28, 2013, 06:08:12 am

FWIW, I prefer the B& version. The sky, in the color image, tends to grab my eyes…