B&W or Colour

[Curtis Cunningham]

Which do you feel is the stronger image? B&W or Colour?

[Tito87]

I think the B&W could be stronger if you gave it some pop.
As it is, it looks kind of flat.

[IABoomer]

While I agree with Tito that the B&W could use something else, I still prefer the earthy colors of the color version.

[Curtis Cunningham]

Thanks guys for your comments. One more question for you. Do you find the grey in the bottom left of the colour image to be distracting? I really don't like it there (although I could clone it out in Photoshop), but I couldn't crop it out because that would mean cropping the bottom of the petal off which I REALLY didn't want to do.

[IABoomer]

Until you mentioned it, I didn't notice it at all. A little content-aware fill or other cloning would work if it's really bothering you.

[Curtis Cunningham]

Originally Posted by IABoomer

A little content-aware fill or other cloning would work if it's really bothering you.

My kingdom for CS5! Alas, cloning in CS2 will have to do.

[Curtis Cunningham]

Here's a couple more interpretations of the black and white version...


The first image is a straight inversion of the second.

[First Light]

Of all of them, my fave is still the color. It's beautiful, btw. And I wouldn't have noticed the grey unless you mentioned it, either.