Black and White or Colour?

DanBMX · Jan 20, 2011

Not sure which i prefer it in... Any Crit is welcome too

B&W

Colour

new colour edit is in, made it brighter as suggested, any better?

o hey tyler · Jan 20, 2011

For me, neither. Doesn't have a focal point...

JeffieLove · Jan 20, 2011

o hey tyler said:
For me, neither. Doesn't have a focal point...

+1. Neither one really does anything for me. It is dark, no focal point, not interesting. Meh, sorry :/

BuS_RiDeR · Jan 20, 2011

o hey tyler said:
For me, neither. Doesn't have a focal point...

+2

John Mc · Jan 20, 2011

Theres not enough Contrast for Black and white. and there isnt really a Focal point.
Maybe Play about with the Contrast in Ps it might improve it a little.

ann · Jan 20, 2011

Besides the issue with the composition, you have an image that in grayscale terms is very limiting. Maybe 3 stops which isn't going to convert into a wonderful full scale blacka and white image.

That is why , imho, one has to think in gray scale BEFORE, firing the shutter.

reznap · Jan 20, 2011

I opened it in photoshop and gave it about 2 exposure stops worth of brightness. It looks much better brighter I think. If you then want to convert to black and white, I'd recommend doing it with a green filter effect (turning the green channel almost white) to make the leaves and moss stand out.

DanBMX · Jan 20, 2011

reznap said:
I opened it in photoshop and gave it about 2 exposure stops worth of brightness. It looks much better brighter I think. If you then want to convert to black and white, I'd recommend doing it with a green filter effect (turning the green channel almost white) to make the leaves and moss stand out.

okay, thanks, i appreciate the comments that dont jsut say whats wrong, but give tips on how to make it better, i will go and have a play with it in lightroom

Thanks.