Which works better; color or BW?
May 26, 2014 09:07:52 #
Taken at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, NY, I caught this couple in a deep conversation. Thoughts please?
May 26, 2014 09:10:39 #
preachy wrote:
Taken at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, NY, I caught this couple in a deep conversation. Thoughts please?
There really isn't much color so I would lean toward the B&W.
May 26, 2014 09:13:15 #
preachy wrote:
Taken at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, NY, I caught this couple in a deep conversation. Thoughts please?
Generally speaking I am not a fan of B & W but in this instance I prefer the B & W.
May 26, 2014 09:13:58 #
preachy wrote:
Taken at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, NY, I caught this couple in a deep conversation. Thoughts please?
If you remove the color cast, the color may look better
May 26, 2014 09:19:33 #
Thanks, I was thinking along those lines as well. Also, I feel that the B&W adds a bit of emotion to the image.
pithydoug wrote:
There really isn't much color so I would lean toward the B&W.
May 26, 2014 09:19:41 #
May 26, 2014 09:25:17 #
preachy wrote:
In this example, I prefer the BW. The composition is better defined and the subjects stand out.Taken at Madam Brett Park in Beacon, NY, I caught this couple in a deep conversation. Thoughts please?
Oh how I miss NY! I'm in the midwest, but I'm an original native of Orange county.
May 26, 2014 09:30:53 #
I try a lot of my landscapes both ways, and many time the B&W is more evocative. I vote for the B&W in this case...
May 26, 2014 10:34:37 #
May 26, 2014 12:31:29 #
May 27, 2014 07:13:56 #
I like the pic better in black and white, but the closer view in the colored pic. Both are great. The colored pic looks like a very sunny day and I kind of like the washout of color for some reason. It adds some realism to it like an old photo. Just my lone opinion.
May 27, 2014 08:21:48 #
dkinlaw wrote:
I like the pic better in black and white, but the closer view in the colored pic. Both are great. The colored pic looks like a very sunny day and I kind of like the washout of color for some reason. It adds some realism to it like an old photo. Just my lone opinion.
Very true the original color shot was overexposed. I threw the picture into LR and pulled it back by a 1/2 stop, plus some clarity etc. It may be a smidgen over ripe but you get the idea.
One of the reasons I always shoot raw.
May 27, 2014 09:04:12 #
May 27, 2014 10:38:39 #
preachy wrote:
Not bad, Doug!
It was a small jpeg. Gotta help a fellow NY'er. :)
May 27, 2014 11:50:38 #
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