B&W or Not?

[TWright33]

I shot this of my dog the other day. This picture makes her look malnourished, but she had just gotten back from the vet from getting fixed.

So moving on from that...

I just wondered what you guys thought about this picture in terms of black and white or keep it in color?

I'm kind of digging both, but don't know which one I like better.

DSC_2565 by twright2933, on Flickr
DSC_2565-2 by twright2933, on Flickr

 

[bribrius]

bw because it makes the throw behind the dog less distracting. But it is still distracting..

 

[TWright33]

But it is still distracting..

Yeah, thanks but I wasn't really asking for C&C

 

[TWright33]

Maybe a better worded title should have been used here

 

[limr33 2]

I like the black and white better except for the fact that some detail in the face has been lost in the conversion.

 

[The_Traveler]

Converting to B&W won't fix what's wrong with this image.

 

[HitenNainaney]

None of them work for me Tbh, but to answer your question without offending you like bribrius did *sarcasm intended*

I pick color.

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[TWright33]

Converting to B&W won't fix what's wrong with this image.

Could you please explain?

 

[agp]

If the dog is the subject of your photo... keep it color and risk having the throw in the back compete for attention; make it b/w and have the dog's face, which is already in the dark, get even darker. Lose lose in my opinion.
If the throw is the subject of your photo... color or b/w, it's out of focus and blocked by a dog. Lose lose again.

So lose lose lose lose situation.

 

[Braineack]

The dog is cute. Win.

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[The_Traveler]

Converting to B&W won't fix what's wrong with this image.

Could you please explain?

The background is too complicated and bright.
The dog's leg in the foreground is right in the viewer's face and is really OOF
The dog's body is really bright and the dog's face is really dark.
Concentrate of what you want to take a picture of and compose and expose around that.

 

[TWright33]

I think Braineack is the only person who actually understands why this picture was taken in the first place.


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[The_Traveler]

I think Braineack is the only person who actually understands why this picture was taken in the first place.

Speaking for myself, I don't care why it was taken; that doesn't have any impact on whether it is successful as a picture.

 

[TWright33]

I think Braineack is the only person who actually understands why this picture was taken in the first place.

Speaking for myself, I don't care why it was taken; that doesn't have any impact on whether it is successful as a picture.

Speaking for myself, if you didn't care then you shouldn't have commented in the first place.

 

[The_Traveler]

I care about the pictures, not why it was taken.