Colour or B&W?

[Sarmad]

I found this wood place by the road, I was in the car, so there's some noticeable motion blur too. The shot came out way better than expected. I ended up narrowing down on two version, one colour and other black and white version with a little more clarity adjustment. Tell me what you think.


Old Wood Men by Sarmad8bit, on Flickr


Old Wood Men (B&W) by Sarmad8bit, on Flickr

 

[Raj_55555]

I'd say definitely colour, but if you want to use the black and white one, make his face a little less darker IMO.. nice one Sarmad

 

[Designer]

Color for this one. If you go back, try to get some closer shots that might work better for monochrome conversion.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I like the color too because of the doors. In this case some motion blur seems to work. I might make copies and try some cropping, just a little. To the left there's an edge of a blue and white door that somewhat draws the eyes and it gets a little dark off to the far right.

(Every time suggest a crop people seem to whack off a major portion of the picture! lol I'd just crop enough to eliminate a distraction or to reduce a bit of extra space to balance the composition - a little can go a long way.)

 

[Sarmad]

I'm also more inclined towards the colour one due to colourful doors. And yes that far left door is somewhat distracting, I'll try to crop it later. The motion blur was the thing I was most worried for, happy it came out okay-ish and seems to work. If you look closely, there are two persons in the photo and neither face is visible. Hope I get it right next time. I wasn't there for shooting people actually, I was coming back from a landscape session and happened to find it on the way.

Here's what I did in landscapes:

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/landscape-cityscape/366460-some-landscapes.html

 

[xsaintd]

Color. Those doors are much nicer in color.