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Saw this on TV Dean, bit different. Prefer the Colour one, artistic. the B/W could be lighter, see more detail in the trees. Ed.
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(Oct 1, 2013, 15:09)EdMak Wrote: Saw this on TV Dean, bit different. Prefer the Colour one, artistic. the B/W could be lighter, see more detail in the trees. Ed.
And I'm exactly the opposite. I like the B&W better, and would like to see more contrast, maybe even taking it down a stop. As far as I'm concerned the shadow detail in the trees is irrelevant.
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I favour the colour version. The composition and exposure are spot on.
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It is a well-exposed image, and the composition is good but if it were mine, I would rotate it clockwise very slightly. I like not only the colour photo, but also the very nicely done mono conversion. For the equipment and settings used, they look a bit soft to me, but that might be the result of down-sizing the images; but whatever the reason, I would apply very gentle fine sharpening to both.
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One more vote for the B&W one, it's got a lot more character!