B&W vs Color

[armand]

B&W vs Color

- resurrecting my old Fuji X-E1 with the 27mm F2.8

[Jeremy Roussak]

I prefer the B&W, but I'd tone down the bright spot in the lower left a little.

Jeremy

[Rob C]

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

[armand]

Funny thing is that I already toned down those spots. Here is the version where I went the extra mile.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

The last one is the winner, for me.

[fdisilvestro]

The last one is the winner, for me.

Agreed!

[Jeremy Roussak]

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

[Rob C]

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.

[armand]

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.

[Alan Klein]

I like the color one.  There's an Alice in Wonderland quality about it.

[Rob C]

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.

[armand]

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.

[Alan Klein]

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?

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

BW v2 is just fine. The later versions don't add anything worth while, IMHO.

[Michael West]

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

[armand]

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.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Works nicely.