Which version of this photo is the best?

jasonstone

I've tried processing this photo in several different ways, colour, BW, high contrast, old style, split tone(-ish) etc. and can't decide which version I think is the best - I like them all in a way!

Which one (or more) would you pick as the best one? Maybe think which one would you like to see printed on your wall (if you liked the photo naturally)

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7.

Edit: I backed the clarity down on presets used for 6 and 7 as I think that's what introduced the banding - but it still appears

Cheers, Jase

MarkR

I like 2 the best. Would also like 6 and 7 better if there wasn't such visible banding (which might just be an artifact of high jpeg compression ...)

jasonstone

MarkR wrote:

I like 2 the best. Would also like 6 and 7 better if there wasn't such visible banding (which might just be an artifact of high jpeg compression ...)

Thanks for the _really_ quick reply
I only just noticed the banding - and it shouldn't be there - these are 90% jpgs exported from LR2 where I edited the RAW files - I'm going to go back and check it out.

Tango

Sin City Dark Red preset

6 & 7 are my favored treatment of the bunch....

have you heard of the "300" plug-in preset for LR?
try that one...
http://mikelao.wordpress.com/2007/04/02/300-like-effects/

jeffmeyers

Regular colour

I prefer #1. There's nothing that is added in the other versions that the first doesn't already have.

Jack'll do

jeffmeyers wrote:

I prefer #1. There's nothing that is added in the other versions that the first doesn't already have.

Like #1 best.

Tango

Sin City Dark Red preset

jeffmeyers wrote:

I prefer #1. There's nothing that is added in the other versions that the first doesn't already have.

i didnt know you were color blind....

Awais Yaqub

Nostalgic effect preset

2nd and 7th

jasonstone

Thanks all for the replies so far. I was worried that I was liking the others just because they didn't look like the original photo - sort of shock value. I had some concerns that the look might wear off after a while.

As it is people are tending towards my favorites too - which are 2 and 7, although it's nice to see that people like the original photo I took in full colour too :ivar

Hopefully after some more opinions a real trend will develop!

Cheers, Jase