Original Color, Faded, or BW?

[Peeb]

Wife was driving thru Guernsey Nebraska and I was bored. Poked my camera out the window and shot this- for some reason I rather fancy it.

Original image (with horizontal power line still there) has nice color.

Is the faded antique color better?
BW?

What say you?

 

[KmH]

The photo is somewhat underexposed.
The B&W lacks contrast.
I fixed the exposure using ACR.
In Photoshop I used a B&W Adjustment layer to selectively brighten or darken the colors each slider controls.

Can't help the banding/posterization in the sky because I edited a copy of the 8-bit depth, 3" or so wide photo you posted.

 

[Peeb]

The photo is somewhat underexposed.
The B&W lacks contrast.
I fixed the exposure using ACR.
In Photoshop I used a B&W Adjustment layer to selectively brighten or darken the colors each slider controls.

Can't help the banding/posterization in the sky because I edited a copy of the 8-bit depth, 3" or so wide photo you posted.

Thank you!

 

[minicoop1985]

It does lack depth. It's very minorly underexposed, but it seems to be rather flat color wise. Also, the composition isn't the best-the subject isn't clear. Is it the stop sign? The Purina logo? The building? There's a lot that could be the subject, but it isn't exactly clear here.

Remember, CC is meant to be that-CC, not mean.

 

[Peeb]

I appreciate the insight.