Pick...or not to pick...whatever....=)

mishele · May 27, 2011

Ok...does color work better or B&W?
Do you feel the movement in one better than the other and why?
1.

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2.

mwcfarms · May 27, 2011

I prefer the color one Mish. I find the dark area really distracting in the B&W and I need you to explain how you shot this. I find the first really nice and dreamy.

Bitter Jeweler · May 27, 2011

Oh man! I :heart: these!!!

I think they work both ways.

I will suggest that the left edge of the flower is tooooo close to the edge. You should always allow for matting for framing. Aside from just a smudge of breathing room,

camz · May 27, 2011

Yeah these are great Mish. I got a crush on you...r work :sexywink:

Movement wise I prefer the colored version. The BW takes away the color transition that gives the movement effect. #1 for me please!

Bitter Jeweler · May 27, 2011

The blurred lines suggest movement in both images, though.

camz · May 27, 2011

I agree Bitter. In my eyes the transition in colour just makes more of a significant movement effect.

invisible · May 27, 2011

camz said:
Movement wise I prefer the colored version. The BW takes away the color transition that gives the movement effect. #1 for me please!

I agree with this. Such a beautiful image! I like how the soft, pastel colours "contradict" the apparent violence of the wind.

NayLoMo6C · May 27, 2011

mish, queen of the floral abstract

Miladymimi · May 27, 2011

I prefer the color version. The colors add softness. Lovely photos, both of them.

arne saknussen · May 28, 2011

I get a tiny bit more sense of motion in the color version. There are certain places in the b/w that I my eyes stop briefly, for instance, the lines created in the leaves on the left.

Trever1t · May 28, 2011

Color, definitely. Color

mishele · May 28, 2011

Mwcfarms.........Thanks....this shot isn't even close to being complicated....lol I'll e-mail you what I did...... :sexywink:

BJ........I agree, I do need to give a little more room on the left side. I don't know why I cropped it so close, I'll look at the original.

camz.........How you doin baby!! :sexywink:

invisible......yay, you got the right feel out of the it. I can't say I planned that feeling before hand but man did it jump out at me as soon as I saw it!! (dang should of lied and said I planned everything) lol

NayLoMo6C.........do I get anything for holding that title....lol :greenpbl:

Milady......Thanks, it's looking like the color is the winner....=)
arne...... Thanks!!
Trever....Thanks!!

I was leaning myself towards the color version but I thought it would be interesting to hear why people felt more movement from one or the other.....=)
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm working on a whole series of these movement type flowers. I'll post more as I have them.....:greenpbl:

arne saknussen · May 28, 2011

I still prefer the color version, but seeing the images on another computer screen, I take back my comment about the slightly less sense of movement on the b/w. You have a very nice and unique approach to floral shots.

KenC · May 28, 2011

Definitely the color for the reasons stated previously, but did you try anything in between?

... and how did you do this? we all want to know!

mishele · May 29, 2011

KenC said:
Definitely the color for the reasons stated previously, but did you try anything in between?

... and how did you do this? we all want to know!

Now how much fun would that be if I just told you how to do it?! :lmao::greenpbl:

I will tell you nothing but a little color work was done in PP.......... :sexywink: