Jackie, Black and White or Desaturated

[Scurra]

Hi everyone,

I've got two photos of my girlfriend that I took tonight, they are almost candids to be honest, I just grabbed my camera and started snapping. But I'm not sure which version I prefer, the B&W or Desaturated.

Black and White:

Desaturated:

Please feel free to give C&C also,

Cheers,

 

[Parkerman]

Desaturated.

The picture is under exposed though in my opinion.

 

[Scurra]

It could well be, the lighting was pretty low so to avoid camera shake the shutter speed was probably faster than it should have been.

However I was also trying to centre attention on her eyes by adding a vignette effect to darken the edges.

 

[Terri Walsh]

desat, of the two. Or maybe another version of black and white?

 

[tirediron]

Yep, desaturated.

 

[Scurra]

Thanks for the feedback, Jackie agrees that the desat looks better, I clearly need to work on my greyscale conversions.

 

[Rhys]

B&W. You need to hike the contrast a little though.

 

[Scurra]

Ok here is a modified version of the black and white that's had the contrast increased some. Any better or too much?

 

[Rhys]

I think you need to hike the contrast quite a bit more. The image still looks bland. It could well be the lighting.