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Jul 12, 2015 17:32 |  #1

Seeking feedback. Primarily, which do you prefer, and why... the B&W version or the color version?

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Jul 13, 2015 01:43 |  #2

The black and white seems to be lacking contrast, has an odd look to the image. This all seems correctable in post and then I would say BW looks better than color. The color version is just too green, if there were some other colors you might want to stick to color. This might also be correctable with WB or tint adjustments.


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Jul 13, 2015 15:07 |  #3

B&W for me too - same reason, there just isn't a whole lot of color other than the dominating green in the color version. I would probably play around with the B&W a little more and see what you can come up with.

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Jul 13, 2015 22:14 |  #4

both!

the B/W seems to have something weird going on in the sky around the top front of the barn. Maybe too much clarity or processing after the conversion? I try to make the color version perfect before converting and then leave it alone after going to B/W.


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Jul 13, 2015 23:24 |  #5

B&W for me. To much green in the colour version.


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Jul 17, 2015 01:57 |  #6

I actually prefer the color, mostly because of the green. Although if we're suggesting slight fixes in post, maybe tweaking the color on the barn to get rid of the slight greenish cast.




  
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