"Steel" Life

My shot at some still life. I go to southern arkansas university (www.saumag.edu) and we have the "famous" bell tower, which is strapped with christmas lights every year and is the biggest "christmas candle" in the world. cheesy, yes i know, but the clouds were out this evening, and i really thought it'd look cool from this angle.

i'd like to know which one you all like, i'm posting the color version, and the b&w version.

thanks so much!
B&W

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I was kind of torn between the two. While, the BW one felt sort of mystical, I felt that the colour one had more depth to it. So my vote goes for colour.

Cool shot!

I vote color too, but something about the sky bugs me...it's too "baby" blue for me. A little deeper blue would be nice. Cool pic.

#2 for me also. I like the texture of the rust in the color shot.

Kevin

kmorgan wrote in post #2926905
#2 for me also. I like the texture of the rust in the color shot.

Kevin

+1
It's the rust that appeals to me!

Very good shot. You did a great job of keeping it straight. Whenever I shoot tall buildings, I wind up with banana-shaped walls.

just wondering if you like this tonemapped version. i really think it brings out the texture.

i like it better than my regular color one up top, just wondering what you all think

thanks!

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yeah...that one rocks. Looks like you need to bump the contrast back up in the tower itself though...but the sky is killer.

I must admit, I prefer the BW version, just something about it. the colour one is cool too though.

I voted colour; it seems to have something a little more too it, but I can't put my finger on exactly what.

I'm more of a B&W kinda guy so naturally I voted for it