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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chairman Bill on January 17, 2016, 05:11:19 am

Title: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Chairman Bill on January 17, 2016, 05:11:19 am

An ancient standing stone, more recently used as a parish boundary marker

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Chairman Bill on January 17, 2016, 05:41:02 am

And a mono version

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: stamper on January 17, 2016, 05:44:27 am

The mono for me, but only by a whisker. Both are fine.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Bob_B on January 17, 2016, 08:07:37 am

B/W for me too.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 17, 2016, 09:44:12 am

Quote from: Bob_B on January 17, 2016, 08:07:37 am

B/W for me too.

And me.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 17, 2016, 10:55:04 am

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 17, 2016, 09:44:12 am

And me.

B/W is a powerful abstraction but I think the colour is strong too.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on January 17, 2016, 01:13:04 pm

The colour version is a beauty.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 17, 2016, 01:16:12 pm

The b&w version is overly dramatic, in particular the sky, thus competing with the main point of interest: the stone.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 17, 2016, 01:37:30 pm

Well, I can't argue with masters like Rajan, Slobodan, and Scott, so I'll just say the B&W works well for those of us who are "color challenged."   ;)

-Eric

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: David Eckels on January 17, 2016, 01:46:17 pm

While I like the drama of the b/w, though in agreement with Slobodan perhaps a little too much, the subtlety in some of the colors makes for what I think is a superb image. Is it my astigmatism or is it leaning right slightly?

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Chairman Bill on January 17, 2016, 03:17:13 pm

Thanks for the positive comments. I agree, the B&W version needs some more work to the sky - it clearly does overpower the standing stone.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: francois on January 18, 2016, 03:25:41 am

For once, I slightly prefer the color version (for the reason mentioned by Slobodan) but both are first-class.
Well done.

Title: Re: The White Moor Stone
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on January 18, 2016, 06:35:11 am

I like them both because they give me a very different feeling: the black&white gives the feeling of threath and impending doom while the color gives me a feeling of peaceful contemplation.