I think you pretty much answered your question here. For most pictures, I've noticed they can look good in either B&W or color. What it comes down to it the mood and feeling you are trying to convey. There are, however, times when I prefered over the other. For example, if the colors don't work well together or if I want to set a specific mood, etc.vonnagy said:Then i switched them to b & w and they gave an entirely different mood:
First set:
I like the colors in relation to one another. The goldish building against the blueish clouds have a nice contrast with each other. You kind of lose that in the B&W shot. With the overcast dark lighting and the cloud formations I already get a sense of doom from both. The B&W shot helps to intensify these feelings. Also going from B&W to color changes the focal point of the picture. In the color one the goldish building is the focal point whereas in the B&W it's more of the atmosphere of the picture in relation to the buidling. Hopefully that made any sense.
Second set:
These pictures are a perfect example of the different moods color and B&W create. The color shot looks rather cheerful especially since you photographed those two flowers along with the rows in the background. The B&W picture looks very dark and moody especially with the darker shades of gray. The once cheerful flowers look like they are almost dead and the anger of the clouds have been brought out with B&W. I hardly noticed the clouds in the colored one.
Last picture:
This is such a great shot! The clouds and the orange hue on the fence really does it for me. It's a great composition you had with the fence stretching most of the picture.
I don't know if that's what you were asking when you wanted us to evaluated color vs B&W, but now that you have read it.... that's 5 minutes out of your life you will never have back!