Halloween portraits.. Color or Vintage??

Hi, took some pictures of one of my friends in her halloween costume. Then I found a vintage filter, applied it, and I think i might like the old picture look better than all the colors with the dark costume

would appreciate some thoughts

the filter makes her skin look eww. hows plain old black/white look?

good idea, I'll try it and post

Definitely the B&W over the vintage look.

B&W, although it's a pity to remove that beautiful background.

Not sure if it is my monitor (or if it too early in the morning ) - but she looks out of focus (her face/eyes). I prefer the B&W out of those 3 edits.

Shame you have to sacrifice all those colours but I agree on the black and white. You might also want to clone out the white spots in the foliage and the bottom right bench (?)
You can also apply filters to the B&W conversion to help contrast between her hair and the leaves. Also consider a selective smart blur on some of the skin areas
I have sent you a PM with a link to what I would have done (a PP edit).

Hmm, I like the color version but around here that's just an every day get-up you might run into.

lol titus....

I think her face and eyes are in focus, drink some more coffee and get back to your puter lol

thx for the input

looks good , thanks spike.

yes B & W looks best!

I like the color but it does look like it's SOC, the vintage one put some strange lines on her forehead and the B&W one looks too flat.