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Nov 09, 2010 13:20 |  #1

This is kind of a salvage. Does the color or the B&W work for anyone or does neither make it? C&c requested.

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Nov 09, 2010 13:47 |  #2

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Nov 09, 2010 14:28 |  #3

The color looks better to me...


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Nov 09, 2010 15:16 as a reply to  @ LeahCoger's post |  #4

I like the B&W version but you may darken the water a little and lighten the birds. Also, if you cropped, allow a little more space in front of the birds.


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Nov 09, 2010 15:19 as a reply to  @ chauncey's post |  #5

color & maybe crop a bit tighter to the left..


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Nov 09, 2010 15:35 |  #6

B&W but maybe a bit more contrast?


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Nov 09, 2010 19:14 |  #7

Colour for me.


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Nov 09, 2010 19:58 |  #8

Color one here also.


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Nov 09, 2010 20:04 |  #9

I like the color, but, as was said above, try more contrast with the B&W.


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Nov 09, 2010 20:41 as a reply to  @ LeahCoger's post |  #10

Thanks to everyone for their input. I'm working on my B&W conversion skills and I was afraid to up the contrast. I upped it a little with some brightening here. Any better?


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Chauncey, it wasn't a crop. I was worried over cropping, afraid to crop it too close on the left because they were looking that way and I figured they would look cramped. Here's the crop. I kinda think they look cramped. ;) Anybody?


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Nov 10, 2010 09:20 |  #11

I vote for color


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Nov 10, 2010 09:45 as a reply to  @ Power620's post |  #12

Color, and the crop now puts them pushing in to the frame, a lighter crop perhaps? Like the processing.


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Nov 10, 2010 13:34 |  #13

Power620 wrote in post #11258581 (external link)
I vote for color

Thanks. That seems to be the concensus.

I guess it was too flat to work in B&W.

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Color, and the crop now puts them pushing in to the frame, a lighter crop perhaps? Like the processing.

Thanks, Flo.

That's what got into the "thirds" and it was why I resisted the crop to begin with.


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