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Postby Geoff on Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:51 pm

From the surf carnival at Manly Beach today. I thought the mono conversion suited this look of preparation. Taken with the 70-200VR:

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And the colour version - which do u prefer?

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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:15 pm

Geoff

I always think of shots like this as all gold & red and yellow - bright, warm colours. This image runs so counter to that I just can't relate to it if that makes any sense.
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Postby Geoff on Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:19 pm

I understand perfectly Peter - I've added the colour version for an unofficial opinion poll :)
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Postby Nnnnsic on Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:20 pm

I'm in a different mind about it than Stubbsy (gee, what a shock eh).

I think that because the other guy next to him is so visible and not out-of-focus, it doesn't warrant the black & white treatment simply because it lacks the solitude his pose would warrant.

Post the colour one if you could. I'd like to see the difference.

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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:29 pm

Colour works for me :) :)
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Postby sheepie on Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:15 pm

Agree with Leigh :)

If you were to have a closer crop on the guy so the other one wasn't in it, then I think the B&W would work - only problem then becomes where is he looking? Without space on the side he's looking towards, it may become unbalanced (?).

The colour one is an improvement on the B&W as it currently stands, because it doesn't rely so much on the solitary nature of B&W - the colour actually makes the image busier, and you get a feeling of intensity despite the busy surroundings.

Not sure if this makes sense, it does in my solitary mind ;)
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Postby stubbsy on Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:23 pm

Colour with a tighter crop top & right
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:09 pm

I like the black and white!
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Postby Matt. K on Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:16 pm

They both work...but because of the accuracy of the skin tones you captured I prefer the coloured version.
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