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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on October 03, 2019, 04:01:11 pm

Title: B&W vs Color
Post by: armand on October 03, 2019, 04:01:11 pm
B&W vs Color

- resurrecting my old Fuji X-E1 with the 27mm F2.8
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 03, 2019, 04:59:25 pm
I prefer the B&W, but I'd tone down the bright spot in the lower left a little.

Jeremy
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Rob C on October 03, 2019, 06:03:08 pm
I prefer the B&W, but I'd tone down the bright spot in the lower left a little.

Jeremy

I wonder; along with the other, lower one, it makes for a triangular, spatial equilibrium. Without the lower one, you could be right.

Does that mean I'm second-guessing, or third-guessing, or second-guessing the first second-guess?

Rob
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: armand on October 03, 2019, 07:18:17 pm
Funny thing is that I already toned down those spots. Here is the version where I went the extra mile.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 03, 2019, 08:52:21 pm
The last one is the winner, for me.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 03, 2019, 10:13:38 pm
The last one is the winner, for me.

Agreed!
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 04, 2019, 03:38:24 am
Funny thing is that I already toned down those spots. Here is the version where I went the extra mile.

Much better, I think. It coherently leads to the light at the end, without unnecessary distraction.

Jeremy
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Rob C on October 04, 2019, 05:56:51 am
Funny thing is that I already toned down those spots. Here is the version where I went the extra mile.

Nope; I prefer the other black/white one.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: armand on October 04, 2019, 07:57:18 pm
I keep going back and forth. The last is cleaner and you have a clear subject. The first does give you something to stop on the way to the main subject but it has a better balance.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Alan Klein on October 04, 2019, 11:00:59 pm
I like the color one.  There's an Alice in Wonderland quality about it.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Rob C on October 05, 2019, 03:46:33 am
I keep going back and forth. The last is cleaner and you have a clear subject. The first does give you something to stop on the way to the main subject but it has a better balance.

Exactly; and you can't remove that factor without losing something important to the whole.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: armand on October 11, 2019, 01:46:47 pm
I like the color one.  There's an Alice in Wonderland quality about it.

Thank you. Here is another frame with a softer processing that might even closer to what you suggest.

And the same frame with some Across simulation processing.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Alan Klein on October 11, 2019, 03:55:20 pm
I like the color upgrade.  Make it more look like Wonderland.  Do you think you could clone in a big rabbit sitting on the bench? :)
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 11, 2019, 04:19:59 pm
BW v2 is just fine. The later versions don't add anything worth while, IMHO.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Michael West on October 13, 2019, 10:30:22 pm
Funny thing is that I already toned down those spots. Here is the version where I went the extra mile.


B-W version 3 does it
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: armand on October 16, 2019, 10:35:26 am
Thank you all.

I happened to be there again a couple of times, this one is from a tripod. Wind was blowing so I went for a long exposure (5 sec) to get a ghostly feel.
Title: Re: B&W vs Color
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 16, 2019, 08:35:22 pm
Works nicely.