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Apr 20, 2020 23:08:58 #
marquina
Loc: Richmond, Virginia
Street converted to pedestrian-only. What's your preference - color or monochromatic?
Apr 21, 2020 02:22:02 #
I like the B&W. The color shot didn't have an overriding blast of color that would warrant it's selection.
Apr 21, 2020 05:57:40 #
Apr 21, 2020 07:46:00 #
I was born and started photography in the black and white days. I hated it. And now color soothes my soul.
Apr 21, 2020 07:53:09 #
Mono, for sure. It allows us to see the essence of the subjects rather than the colors.
Apr 21, 2020 08:49:07 #
autry
Loc: Ashland, VA. - Center of The Universe
Color always for me also. ..Color always generates apathy...
Apr 21, 2020 12:10:18 #
It's a toss. I like them both. Your subject is interesting, and is nicely framed by the two closer figures. And all are looking in the same direction. And of course there are three of them, also forming a triangle with their heads. Good job.
Apr 21, 2020 16:42:45 #
Like the color the most but the B&W does hide some of the blur in the background.
Apr 21, 2020 17:30:41 #
Apr 21, 2020 20:41:03 #
marquina
Loc: Richmond, Virginia
Voss wrote:
It's a toss. I like them both. Your subject is interesting, and is nicely framed by the two closer figures. And all are looking in the same direction. And of course there are three of them, also forming a triangle with their heads. Good job.
Thank you very much for your feedback. I did some minimal cropping on the original photograph just by intuition without knowing the compositional principles that you are describing! Now I understand what I did thanks to your comments. At 70, I always feel good learning at least one new thing everyday.
Apr 21, 2020 20:45:13 #
marquina
Loc: Richmond, Virginia
I grew up with B&W film so I was partial to monochromatic photographs. Thank you all for your kind comments and preferences. I was torn between the color and monochromatic versions. The votes are 3.5 for the monochromatic and 4.5 for the color renditions.
Apr 23, 2020 12:56:48 #
Add me to the mono. The color makes the image a capture of the scene. Nice, but the B&W forces us to immediately focus on teh faces, framing and the implied of the three figures looking at teh same thing.
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Apr 23, 2020 20:47:43 #
marquina
Loc: Richmond, Virginia
Photocraig wrote:
Add me to the mono. The color makes the image a capture of the scene. Nice, but the B&W forces us to immediately focus on teh faces, framing and the implied of the three figures looking at teh same thing.
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Thank you for your feedback and comments. I agree with you that the B&W version invites us to focus on specific image elements.
Apr 27, 2020 18:42:49 #
Apr 27, 2020 20:01:19 #
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