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Colour or B&W

Postby Nigell on Thu May 17, 2007 9:48 pm

First post. I wondering which people prefer, The B&W or the Colour. Click for Lager view on Black background.

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Re: Colour or B&W

Postby macka on Thu May 17, 2007 9:51 pm

Nigell wrote:First post. I wondering which people prefer, The B&W or the Colour. Click for Lager view on Black background.


Great first post. :)

They're both cool. B&W by a hair for me.
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Postby rooboy on Thu May 17, 2007 9:51 pm

Both are great :)

Seriously, I think they complement each other beautifully and work as a set.
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Postby Nigell on Thu May 17, 2007 10:06 pm

I had not thought of a complement pair. That is a good idea. Thanks for the comments.
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Postby BT*ist on Thu May 17, 2007 10:52 pm

Colour for mine, but they do make an intriguing pair - the area of focus is different in each.
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Postby Geoff on Thu May 17, 2007 10:53 pm

They are both great!!

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Postby shutterbug on Thu May 17, 2007 10:58 pm

colour :wink:
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Postby Ghetto Panda on Thu May 17, 2007 11:01 pm

Very tough choice but i'm gonna go with the colour and yes welcome :D
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Postby Man Tripod on Thu May 17, 2007 11:30 pm

Like both but think the B+W one could work better with a bit more contrast.
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Postby Yi-P on Fri May 18, 2007 12:00 am

My pick is colour version, it does seem to add a lot depth to the image itself with the sky and bricks :)

Welcome to the forums btw :D
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri May 18, 2007 12:11 am

Colour - almost looks like a dance floor :)
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Postby Alex on Fri May 18, 2007 1:02 am

Colour for me also!

Great shot.

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Postby ozczecho on Fri May 18, 2007 1:15 am

Welcome to the forum....I like the B&W version because the window reflections seem to stand out more there...both awesome shots...
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Postby stubbsy on Fri May 18, 2007 10:04 am

Welcome. Colour. bet all our comments have made the choice easier.... NOT :lol:
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Postby Mr Darcy on Fri May 18, 2007 10:23 am

I prefer the colour simply because I find the shadow band over the lower two floors more distracting in the the B&W version.

If that was evened out in PP somehow (No idea how to do it. If it was film, I'd try some artful dodging), I think I would prefer the B&W.
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Postby colin_12 on Fri May 18, 2007 11:13 am

Welcome Nigell,
I like the B&W. It feels very appocaliptic.
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Postby marcotrov on Fri May 18, 2007 11:19 am

Terrific composition great graphic quality. Colour for me too! :)
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