Going to print, B&W or color?

[floatingby]

Like the title said I'm going to have this printed in 8x12, undecided if I'll go for B&W or color. What say you?(mind you I might adjust them some more as I'm currently working on an uncalibrated monitor...)

 

[sscarmack]

Color for me. Not a fan of the processing though.

 

[scooter2044]

Love the B&W! There's a softness to it that I really like.

 

[floatingby]

Not a fan of the processing though.

On which one? There is no processing whatsoever on the color one, except a small boost on the clarity slider, straight NEF(Nikon RAW) out of D7000. (as I said, due to uncalibrated monitor I do not want to mess with it too much at this point).

 

[JacaRanda]

B&W for me.

 

[sscarmack]

Not a fan of the processing though.

On which one? There is no processing whatsoever on the color one, except a small boost on the clarity slider, straight NEF(Nikon RAW) out of D7000. (as I said, due to uncalibrated monitor I do not want to mess with it too much at this point).

Ahhhh, "edit some more". Yeah it just needs more editing. But color for sure.

 

[floatingby]

Love the B&W! There's a softness to it that I really like.

That's from a defective lens(50mm f1.4D) that suffered from bad flairing; annoying most of the time, but sometime, like in this image, it work. Thanks for the comment.

 

[floatingby]

Not a fan of the processing though.

On which one? There is no processing whatsoever on the color one, except a small boost on the clarity slider, straight NEF(Nikon RAW) out of D7000. (as I said, due to uncalibrated monitor I do not want to mess with it too much at this point).

Ahhhh, "edit some more". Yeah it just needs more editing. But color for sure.

The "some more" was refering to the B&W, which was obviously edited but not final... The color one I see a slight green cast, but I don't know if it's really there, or if it's my monitor playing trick, so I'm not touching it yet.

 

[KenC]

She separates from the background better in the color version, so I would go with that. It might be worth experimenting with partially desaturating the leaves in the top right/center of the frame and perhaps darkening a couple of bright spots up there as well.

 

[benp2k6]

I think the b&w does not contrast enough. She blends into the background too much for me. Like the moment you are capturing


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[480sparky43 42]

B&W. The colors don't add anything.

 

[TrolleySwag]

I like the color. Is the model Southeast Asian of Philippino? If so that could be why people aren't used to the color.

 

[floatingby]

I like the color. Is the model Southeast Asian of Philippino? If so that could be why people aren't used to the color.

Yeah, photo was taken in north east Thailand, girl name is Oan, she's an Issan woman.

 

[C. Brian Kerr]

I like the B&W. Has more emotion. IMHO

 

[CaptainNapalm]

Color..
With BW she blends in too much into the background.