pendennis wrote:
The color version holds the contrast a bit better.
The B&W version loses a lot of detail in the red. However, both versions suffer a bit of "burnout" in the sky, and I believe it probably overshadowed the barn itself, causing some slight underexposure.
Without shooting native B&W, and using the conversions in Affinity, Photoshop, etc., you have to really work on maintaining the contrast.
If I were shooting this scene on B&W film, I'd be using a yellow, or perhaps red filter to work on the contrast. Since the image is already converted to B&W, you could try different filtrations to simulate the red and yellow filters for B&W.
It has excellent composition, and the red really stands out. You may want to consider darkening the sky.
The color version holds the contrast a bit better.... (
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Thanks for looking. Side note: there was no sky--gray day just after a rain.