Calm in Color and B/W

Eia

Wondering which one (if either) works?
Wanted to get some expanse, vastness... but fear it looses something?
I didn't crop as much off the color because the dark blue shows the difference in water color.
(You'll see what looks like a band going across. That's because the water coming from the river muddies the lake, but as it gets closer to the viewer the water is clearer and bluer. Just FYI )

Earache

I like the B&W AnnaMaria, as a nice blend of shape, perspective, reflection, and tones.
I would love to see, or try myself, a mirror flat water-shot like this with a stone
just tossed to create spreading, concentric, rings/ripples - but, it's hard to find any flat water around here.

I think you suffer from some of the same limitations in your region as I do in mine - I call it *scenery challenged*...
Sometimes, it's hard to find compelling landscape scenery in our semi-arid environments and it's almost impossible
to compete with the likes of Zion, Rockies, Death Valley, etc. etc. Although, you and Don (Cornflake) do Arizona proud time after time!

Stumblebum

#1 is my choice too! It is actually kind of magnificent! If there were nice fluffy clouds and reflections etc, or storm or something, #2 would have a shot, but not as is. JMO!

Is this a pano or wide angle? If wide angle, may I know what width? Thanks.

endurodog

I like the B&W better!

Eia

Earache wrote: »

I like the B&W AnnaMaria, as a nice blend of shape, perspective, reflection, and tones.
I would love to see, or try myself, a mirror flat water-shot like this with a stone
just tossed to create spreading, concentric, rings/ripples - but, it's hard to find any flat water around here.

I think you suffer from some of the same limitations in your region as I do in mine - I call it *scenery challenged*...
Sometimes, it's hard to find compelling landscape scenery in our semi-arid environments and it's almost impossible
to compete with the likes of Zion, Rockies, Death Valley, etc. etc. Although, you and Don (Cornflake) do Arizona proud time after time!

Wow - your words are too kind!
... scenery challenged! Sometimes the scenes get pretty dramatic with a storm or two! But, yea...what are clouds?

Eia

Stumblebum wrote: »

#1 is my choice too! It is actually kind of magnificent! If there were nice fluffy clouds and reflections etc, or storm or something, #2 would have a shot, but not as is. JMO!

Is this a pano or wide angle? If wide angle, may I know what width? Thanks.

It's a pano - just cropped the foreground. I do have a wide angle that I use often 10 -20...love it. I've been to this area when a winter storm has hit. I do have some serious clouds in a couple photos! But, like I told Eric....what are clouds?

kdog

I've been going back and forth on this. I really like the saturation of the blue in the second shot. But today for some reason the black-chrome look of the first shot is winning me over.

Juano

Most of the time, I'm partial to BW, however, on this one I prefer the color version. It has very nice tones that convey the sense of stillness better than the BW in my view.

TonyCooper

Earache wrote: »

I think you suffer from some of the same limitations in your region as I do in mine - I call it *scenery challenged*...
Sometimes, it's hard to find compelling landscape scenery in our semi-arid environments and it's almost impossible
to compete with the likes of Zion, Rockies, Death Valley, etc. etc. Although, you and Don (Cornflake) do Arizona proud time after time!

Hah! Try looking for landscape photos from Central Florida! Once you've done the
trees-reflected-in-water in the wetlands, the photographable scenes are exhausted.

That's why Central Florida photographers usually go for birds - primarily water birds - so
much. I've seen all the Blue Heron and Snowy Egret photos I can take, though.

If I liked sunsets and sunrises over water, I could shoot both the same day with a
drive of a couple of hours.

As far as this image, I like the color version. The transition in colors from light
to dark works well. Good blues.

Earache

TonyCooper wrote: »

Hah! Try looking for landscape photos from Central Florida!.....

I reckon you're right on that Tony - I was visiting Central Florida at St. Pete Beach in 1978, and one night, my sister drove us across the State
to Vero Beach to watch the sunrise - my first time on the East Coast. Two things I remember well was how un-scenic the drive back was, and that
East Coast beaches had a horrible little monster I'd never encountered before - Sand Fleas... you guys can keep 'em!

crevest

Hi there,

I vote for the black and white. Even though the reflection looks much better in the colored version

Regards,

Cédric
http://www.in-perspectives.com/

Cornflake

Like Juano, I tend towards black and white, but here I slightly prefer the color one. Both work very well.

David_S85

Clean, crisp, and the tonality just jumps right out at you with the B/W. No need for color here. Great job!

Eia

Thanks Everyone. I prefer the b/w over all...for now:D

shniks

Very nice. I like the B&W version a lot.


Cheers,

Oso

I think the photo works very well as both black & white and color. In this case, and if I had to choose, I'd probably go with the color as I like the contrast between the colors of the mountains and the sky and water. Where is this?

Steve

Eia

Oso wrote: »

I think the photo works very well as both black & white and color. In this case, and if I had to choose, I'd probably go with the color as I like the contrast between the colors of the mountains and the sky and water. Where is this?

Steve

Thanks much! North of Phoenix.

willard3

Another odd man out....I prefer the color as it adds depth missing in the b&w.