Ghost town, Colorado (Nevadaville)

This shot was taken in an old mining town in Colorado called Nevadaville. It was a neat little town to walk around and shoot. I couldn't decide if I liked the color version or the B&W version. I think the B&W fits the town better, but the colors were so vivid, I couldn't decide, So what do you guys think??

You won't hurt my feelings on any negatives you find. It will only help my next attempt! Thanks in advance

I like the B/W best.

...thanks, now why?

I don't know it gives it that old ghost town feel in B/W, and I think on the color version my eyes are drawn to the center of the photo to the very brightly lit pile of dirt. My eyes wonder over the B/W more looking at all the debris.

I agree with jde95tln, the colored version doesn't give an impression of a ghost down and the focal point is of no real interest. The B/W version is much nicer, cleaner and creates more of a mood.
The photo looks a bit over sharpened and a bit too much post-production for my taste, but that's probably just me.

jde95tln wrote in post #5589806
I don't know it gives it that old ghost town feel in B/W, and I think on the color version my eyes are drawn to the center of the photo to the very brightly lit pile of dirt. My eyes wonder over the B/W more looking at all the debris.

thanks! that's much more helpful.

Molnies wrote in post #5589835
I agree with jde95tln, the colored version doesn't give an impression of a ghost down and the focal point is of no real interest. The B/W version is much nicer, cleaner and creates more of a mood.
The photo looks a bit over sharpened and a bit too much post-production for my taste, but that's probably just me.

I'm tending to agree more & more that I look at it. It's one of those shots that I've looked at too much & needed more input.

It may have been over sharpened because I did apply a second round of sharpening after I resized for web. I've got a few versions running around, and even a printed version that looks nice.

JakPot wrote in post #5589863
I'm tending to agree more & more that I look at it. It's one of those shots that I've looked at too much & needed more input.

It may have been over sharpened because I did apply a second round of sharpening after I resized for web. I've got a few versions running around, and even a printed version that looks nice.

I know what you mean, looking at your own photos too long can make you go crazy, it's always hard (at least I find it so) to judge your own photographs when you've looked at them for extended periods of time.

This is one of those photos, the B/W one, that I imagine looks much better printed, preferable on matte paper. And yeah, that sharpening after resizing is probably what I'm picking up on, I mean I'm sure you know it but things like sharpening should always be done on the original size and not resized versions.

Molnies wrote in post #5589900
I know what you mean, looking at your own photos too long can make you go crazy, it's always hard (at least I find it so) to judge your own photographs when you've looked at them for extended periods of time.

This is one of those photos, the B/W one, that I imagine looks much better printed, preferable on matte paper. And yeah, that sharpening after resizing is probably what I'm picking up on, I mean I'm sure you know it but things like sharpening should always be done on the original size and not resized versions.

which was the case, but it looked a little soft once it was sized down (way down, file came from a 5d, resized to 800px)

Oh, I didn't even think about doing it on Matte. I printed it on a smooth pearl. I'll give the matte a shot. Thanks again for the feedback.

Pretty much agree with other observations, but if you haven't already done this (I know you indicated you have worked the picture several different ways), try dialing down the saturation a bit on the color pic and then experiment with the dodge and burn tools to create differnt "moods".