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Jun 09, 2012 22:37 |  #1

Took this of my 15 month old daughter today at the park. She had a blast. Only problem is I don't know if I like this better in BW or color.... opinions??

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Jun 10, 2012 00:14 |  #2

With that beautiful red hair, I say stick with the color version!
I would aslo crop most of the left side of the photo out.


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Jun 10, 2012 00:27 |  #3

I agree


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Jun 10, 2012 01:06 |  #4

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Jun 10, 2012 02:16 |  #5

Her expression and smile are too colorful for B&W. color is way more effective here.




  
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Jun 10, 2012 05:16 |  #6

5280Pics wrote in post #14557140 (external link)
With that beautiful red hair, I say stick with the color version!
I would aslo crop most of the left side of the photo out.

This is already cropped way down... I considered having her on the left side instead of centered, but I didn't know if I liked it for sure. I will go back to the original and re-crop! Thanks!


Thank you guys for your opinions! I will be starting a 365 with her on her 2nd birthday and one with my now-3-month-old (they are 361 days apart) on her 1st birthday. Very excited :)


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Jun 10, 2012 22:16 as a reply to  @ JuliaPauline08's post |  #7

Wishing the focus had hit her face? It's soft there.


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Jun 11, 2012 01:04 |  #8

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Wishing the focus had hit her face? It's soft there.

Yeah, I wish it had too.


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Jun 11, 2012 14:03 as a reply to  @ JuliaPauline08's post |  #9

+1 to color.

There's a black patch at her mouth in the b&w version which makes it look weird.




  
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Jun 11, 2012 14:08 |  #10

Color. Use B&W when it actually adds something to the image by removing the distraction of color. That said, I think you can get more out of this image and keep the color, but the missed focus may make it not worth the effort.




  
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Jun 11, 2012 16:18 |  #11

No question - color.


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