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Old 11-08-2009   #1
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I was going to post this in the Still Water assignment, but would really like to get some feedback on the B&W conversion. The image is of a living coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park aquarium.
I really wanted to show the light and texture in the image. Which is better, the B&W or the color one (edited by Rense: original link was not working):





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I like the colored one better: is more at 'live'.
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I would go with the color version due to the subject matter. Too much detail is lost in the B&W IMO.
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Default Re: B&W or Colour?
While I prefer the colour version as something to look at, I think the BW version achieves your stated aim in a better way.
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I like the colored one better: is more at 'live'.
Thanks for the edit Rense, disn't see that in the preview.

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I would go with the color version due to the subject matter. Too much detail is lost in the B&W IMO.
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While I prefer the colour version as something to look at, I think the BW version achieves your stated aim in a better way.
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Thanks for the all comments and feedback, I think you're right that the colour does give more life to the coral. But I think the balnk white shows more of the light and texture.
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Default Re: B&W or Colour?
I like both very much, but my preference for the subject is colour.
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My vote is split - evenly - between two for the above reasons.
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Default Re: B&W or Colour?
Color, the light in the bblack and white is nice but the color is just so alive.


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