Color or B&W?
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Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

Hello All. Just a quick vote on which one you like best.

Thanks in Advance,
Ken



Scott Stoness
Registered: Sep 11, 2006
Total Posts: 3232
Country: Canada

Tough choice. The lack of detail in the clouds suggests and vintage suggest b/w. However the colors in the flowers and the car are good.

I like the framing. The building behind and the sky without detail detract.

I think in the color version the colors seem subdued. They could use levels work (bring triangles into historgram). The pictures could also use some work to bring out details in the shadowed areas (shadows/highlights) selectively. I think more saturation in the color version.

With more saturation I choose 1.



Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

Thanks Scott.
I am always worried about saturating or sharpening too much, and end up not doing enough. Framing was tough on this one because I was trying to keep out all of the "modern" element. I'm going to try a re-shoot this weekend and also try it in the evening to see if I can get any better angles. I have a couple more from this series I'm going to post once I get them through PP.

Thanks Again.
Ken



digitalbug30d
Registered: Apr 01, 2008
Total Posts: 887
Country: United States

could you re-post in B/W and sharpen it about 20 percent more and add about 1 or 2 clicks to contrast..



sbeme
Registered: Dec 23, 2003
Total Posts: 3000
Country: United States

BW fits the content better. Sepia would probably work well here, too.
Scott G



Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

digitalbug30d wrote:
could you re-post in B/W and sharpen it about 20 percent more and add about 1 or 2 clicks to contrast..


Yes I can and will when I get home. Thanks for looking.
Ken



Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

sbeme wrote:
BW fits the content better. Sepia would probably work well here, too.
Scott G


I thought about sepia while I was on my way to work. I'll post one tomorrow morning.
Thanks.
Ken



paulhodson
Registered: Jul 22, 2003
Total Posts: 12313
Country: United Kingdom

I like the concept of monotone better - this is a version. I have also straightened out some of the distortion which I think is worthwhile



Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

Paul- Very cool! I like what you did there. Hmmmm, I think I have a little more work ahead.
Thanks
Ken



Ken Hernandez
Registered: Oct 03, 2007
Total Posts: 220
Country: United States

I think I'm favoring the B&W one, so I did a little more work to it.

Thanks,
Ken



sassyii
Registered: Apr 20, 2005
Total Posts: 49
Country: Canada

Usually I would prefer the b & w especially in a this type of a capture, but don't dismiss the colour as the yellow and green really look great together. I might try desaturating a bit, just to an a bit of a age or hand painted effect.

Nice capture



polarbare
Registered: Feb 20, 2008
Total Posts: 136
Country: United States

I would agree with sassy that more of an aged photo look might work. If i remember i'll look at it again from home.



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