Covered walkway along the Prado, Balboa park.
Joe, black and white. But then, I'm more a black and white photographer. As for this photograph, there isn't much color there. However, there is a lot of patterns and geometry which lend themselves to black and white quite nicely.
I've also been know to photograph sunsets in black and white.
--Bob
jkm757 wrote:
Covered walkway along the Prado, Balboa park.
I like the monochrome. If you center the cursor in the exit arch in download and click, there is a very interesting widescreen crop you might consider as well! Very nice photo!
Another vote for the B&W. As already stated that there is not much color in the image to start with the B&W version shows very nicely. I would add just a touch more contrast.
Don
DeanS
Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina
Very fond of b&w, but I favor the color version here. Both nice.
As suggested, I would also like a little more contrast. Of the two the color has a bit more and has more depth. Most effective in the farthest columns.
Black and White photos often lend themselves to high contrast. This image does not have a great deal of contrast… or possible contrast of light and shadows.
While there is not much color in the other version version… it does add warmth to material that is basically cold.
I therefore feel that the color version has the edge over the B & W.
Barry
What are you trying to convey? bbrowner (above) properly analyzes the color, but the B&W is a more "solemn" approach.
UTMike wrote:
What are you trying to convey? bbrowner (above) properly analyzes the color, but the B&W is a more "solemn" approach.
In the opinion of some. But not necessarily all.
I think the B&W.
(The color seems brighter though.)
Barry, black and white photographs can lend themselves to high contrast. However, the better part of them is done to present the range of gradients between black and white. Thus, the entire scale of tonality. I think quite a few people think of black and white as just that. The in-between tones are equally important.
--Bob
bbrowner wrote:
Black and White photos often lend themselves to high contrast. This image does not have a great deal of contrast… or possible contrast of light and shadows.
While there is not much color in the other version version… it does add warmth to material that is basically cold.
I therefore feel that the color version has the edge over the B & W.
Barry
Color for me but I like them both.
While B&W would tend to work well with a photograph such as yours I would take the color photo, when you look at both downloads, the second photo tends to lead the eye through the photo much better, I think the B&W photo needs a little more post processing, it seems a little flat.
Black and White is fine for a black and white world. If you want your photograph to represent something that it is not then go with black and white. If you want it to represent the real world as it exists then go color. This is not a black and white world, it is full of living color.
John N
Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK
Tough call. For me it really is 50/50. The 'colour' one is almost a monochrome anyway.
If the B&W one had a tad more contrast it would probably sway me.
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