Color, BW, or sepia?

[thebeginning]

I like each one a little, but i cant decide on one. What do you guys think? This was part of my little 'detail' series. any other critique would be appreciated as well!

info:
85mm
f2.8
1/1600s
ISO 400
-1 stop exposure (i think)

bw:

sepia:

color:

thanks for any comments or critique!

 

[Marm]

I like the black and white the best...Im not a fan of sepia :-/
and the background in the color photo is a bit distracting to me...I tend to be more interested in what's going on back there, instead of the subject...

 

[jadin]

B&W or color. I like them both for different reasons. B&W for the same reason marm said. But I like the color since they are interesting colors and is a great example of bokeh.

 

[ClarkKent]

I agree....I like the black and white one the best also. Nice work.

 

[Marctwo]

I normally wouldn't go for B&W... and I don't in this case either.

The colour one has a sense of fire about it but I think the gamma is too high so the grass looks a bit flat. With a bit of playing in with curves, I think it could look really hot and vibrant.

 

[thebeginning]

thanks for the comments guys !

marctwo, it's actually dead grass, so it's more like hay. it was all pretty much one tone, so 'curving' didnt change much (i did use some though).

 

[danalec99]

b&w

 

[Peanuts]

black and white vote here too.

 

[terri32 3]

I actually prefer the color here, though it might be nice to see the image darkened down a tad. The background is a bit too bright, but I like the soft blur of color.

Second choice would be the B&W.

The sepia looks "off" to me; it's more copper than sepia - at least, on my monitor.

 

[JonMikal]

i also agree the background is too bright but the b&w seems easier on my eye than the rest. i like your shot.

 

[thebeginning]

thanks again for the insight!

my monitor might need calibrating, the background doesnt seem that bright, but i see what you're saying. 'sepia' for me is pretty broad. whenever i use a warm tone on an image i call it sepia. basically.

 

[Marctwo]

...so 'curving' didnt change much (i did use some though).

Hmm... I did try this myself and found the difference in mood to be quite dramatic - even with only one curve point eg. input: 224 output: 192 (although I normally use 2 curves adjustment layers).

 

[eydryan]

i like sepia myself but here the bw rules supreme

 

[elsaspet]

I like the color version best.

 

[mentos_007]

black and white for me!!!!