B & W or color ?

[Marcel]

Just wondering what you guys think about this shot. Does the B&W version have more than the Color?



Thanks for your opinion.

 

[Rick M]

I think it depends on what you want to convey. The B&W is not kind to her skin.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

If it were someone I knew I would use the color. If I were more interested in the photo for the photos sake then I would use the B&W.
B&W is not kind to her skin but it make a powerful photo.

 

[fotojack]

I'd go for the colour shot myself. The B&W shot makes her skin look really aged. I noticed that the two shots shown here were not exactly the same perspective.

 

[Browncoat]

Does the B&W version have more than the Color?

Does it have more....what?

 

[Eye-level]

As I have aged I am more inclined to feel the need for context as opposed to seperation of background and all of its special effects...

 

[Marcel]

Does it have more....what?

Feeling of getting old and lonely.

 

[RickSawThat]

I like the B&W version. It's not a beauty shot it's a woman with character and history and I think the B&W conveys that better.

 

[LensWork]

Feeling of getting old and lonely.

Definitely the B&W.

 

[Browncoat]

Feeling of getting old and lonely.

The B&W. I'm of the opinion that if you intend to show the true nature of something, it should be done in B&W. Color is just pretty camouflage.

 

[Ruidoso Bill]

B&W, makes me want to sit and listen to her.

 

[JDRoberts]

To me the black and white shot appears as a pretext to a story,the color shot seems more of a family photo.

 

[Marcel]

Many thanks for your opinions. This will be used in my "in progress" piano people book so I still have many many days to change my mind. So now I just wonder if I should try the B&W with the same crop as the color one...

 

[Michael Black]

With out a doubt the black and white. much more character.