Color versus B&W.....Your choice and why: Perhaps the most photographed iconic barns in all America are those constructed in the late 1800s by Thomas and John Moulton, early settlers...

BILL....Just Plain

Perhaps the most photographed iconic barns in all America are those constructed in the late 1800s by Thomas and John Moulton, early settlers of Mormon Row at Antelope Flats, Grand Teton N.P., Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Included is an image of Gibbons Falls, Yellowstone N.P.

The identical images here are represented in both color and B&W to solicit preferences by viewers. Your critique is my learning curve; so have at it.

Thomas Moulton Barn

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pinkycat Loc: The Garden State

Color is my choice. The BW seems to busy thus in my mind defeating the dramatic purpose. Too many details, too confusing.
The color is so much more dramatic and alive. My only comment would be that it might be ever so slightly oversaturated. Just my personal opinion.

BILL....Just Plain

pinkycat wrote:

Color is my choice. The BW seems to busy thus in my mind defeating the dramatic purpose. Too many details, too confusing.
The color is so much more dramatic and alive. My only comment would be that it might be ever so slightly oversaturated. Just my personal opinion.

Thanks for your choice of preference. Not a B&W guy myself; however, if there is any dramatacism, the first B&W image appears as if "on film" a red filter was chosen seemingly overdoing the sky/cloud effect, which is dramatically bold, the overall image possibly too harsh for most bordering to some degree like a hybrid infrared. Appreciate your response.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

I really like the compositions of the barns. I like the color better, but am not a fan of over-saturation; for me a little goes a long way...

BILL....Just Plain

Sirius_one wrote:

I really like the compositions of the barns. I like the color better, but am not a fan of over-saturation; for me a little goes a long way...

Atmospheric clarity and early to mid-morning light + polarization dictated the color saturation, which, for me, I like versus leanings toward pastels.

Here's a couple of different compositions for the Thomas Moulton barn:

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Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

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Here's a couple of different compositions for the Thomas Moulton barn:[/quote]

I really like these. :thumbup: :thumbup:

HowardPepper Loc: Palm Coast, FL

I prefer the color shots. There just doesn't appear to be enough contrast in the black and white conversions to make the barns stand out in the first two groupings, and the water just kind of blends in with the rock in the waterfall grouping.

LENNIE Loc: Cerrillos, NM

I am old enough to remember everything in B&W --Have to confess that from the time TV and the movies converted to color i have never looked back but i am trying to develop an appreciation for B&W composition and detail so please keep offering choices.. great shots

Silverback11b Loc: Northern Illinois

Black and white on the barn shots for sure. can't stop staring at it.

Madman Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA

Not a big fan of black and white, but I do like the water fall shot. The first two black and whites of the barn take on a ghastly appearance, something I might expect to see in scenes from an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Of course, if that was the emotion you were trying to offer, you did a perfect job. If you were trying to show the beauty in the form of the barns and the surroundings, then the color versions do a better job.

Another viewer that likes the B + W style would probably not agree with me (and that's OK).

Thanks for sharing.

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Color for me, I just like color photography better, the pictures are just to busy for B&W.

greymule Loc: Colorado

BILL....Just Plain wrote:

Perhaps the most photographed iconic barns in all America are those constructed in the late 1800s by Thomas and John Moulton, early settlers of Mormon Row at Antelope Flats, Grand Teton N.P., Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Included is an image of Gibbons Falls, Yellowstone N.P.

The identical images here are represented in both color and B&W to solicit preferences by viewers. Your critique is my learning curve; so have at it.

Images are excellent in both. :thumbup: :thumbup:

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

BILL....Just Plain wrote:

Perhaps the most photographed iconic barns in all America are those constructed in the late 1800s by Thomas and John Moulton, early settlers of Mormon Row at Antelope Flats, Grand Teton N.P., Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Included is an image of Gibbons Falls, Yellowstone N.P.

The identical images here are represented in both color and B&W to solicit preferences by viewers. Your critique is my learning curve; so have at it.

I always prefer color... it's so much more visually descriptive than B/W... it seems you see so much more detail.

moose19

:thumbup: like the color ones, great series

countryman60951 Loc: Bourbonnais, Il

BILL....Just Plain wrote:

Perhaps the most photographed iconic barns in all America are those constructed in the late 1800s by Thomas and John Moulton, early settlers of Mormon Row at Antelope Flats, Grand Teton N.P., Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Included is an image of Gibbons Falls, Yellowstone N.P.

The identical images here are represented in both color and B&W to solicit preferences by viewers. Your critique is my learning curve; so have at it.

These are all good but the colors are best. Slightly over saturated for my taste and although the B & W are good, I most generally always prefer color because I see in color