Color or BW?

anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
edited November 16, 2012 in Landscapes
Does this photo work better in color or BW? What do you think about it overall?

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  • FlyNavyFlyNavy Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2012
    Black and White for me.
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  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2012
    I like both but both to me are way oversharpened. This is quite evident in the treeline and the boater.
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2012
    Thanks. I'm kind of leaning towards the color actually.

    I think it may be the output sharpening I had set because it doesn't look over sharpened in the LR catalog.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2012
    How is this?

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  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 10, 2012
    Much better to my eye.
  • PhotogbikerPhotogbiker Registered Users Posts: 351 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2012
    Bw
    The BW version appeared on my monitor first and I immediately thought "color". Then a second later the color version popped in and I changed. The blue sky is nice, but that is the only color. The boat and tree are a silhouette, no color. The water is dark, maybe if it was turquoise and clear then color would be the pick.

    The color version is actually monotone also, just that it is blue not shades of black. I love the BW version and might even experiment to add more drama to the sky. Nice stuffthumb.gif
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited November 11, 2012
    PB...

    Yes, the color version is also pretty monochromatic. I kind of like that about it. But I also like the BW. Still leaning color though.
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited November 14, 2012
    I'm kind of split on it, Alex. I'm usually not a huge B&W fan, but in this one I like the starkness of the monochrome version. Lovely comp. thumb.gif
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2012
    Thanks Joel. I'm still leaning towards color but I do like the BW for the same reasons you do.
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  • karloznzkarloznz Registered Users Posts: 126 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2012
    black and white
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  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2012
    This is just my two-cent rule, i usally go for a B&W if i don't really have interesting colours to show but for this image either of the two i really do like.
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  • dave6253dave6253 Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited November 16, 2012
    Both look great, but I'm leaning slightly to the B&W. Have you tried a de-saturated color version? Kind of in-between the two?
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