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Post by El Sid on Mar 7, 2024 12:37:15 GMT
I took this shot back in November because I loved the juxtaposition of the steam and the old style lamp plus the light was fab. Can't decide on whether I prefer the colour original or the mono conversion. What does the panel think? 
Light And Steam by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr 
Light And Steam (mono) by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr |
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Post by andy on Mar 7, 2024 12:44:37 GMT
Colour for me. The mono loses the golden glow of the light.
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Post by zx9 on Mar 7, 2024 13:27:52 GMT
No prizes for guessing that it is the mono for me.
I think you could crop in a little bit on the bottom / right and if shot on raw you might be able to save the burned out smoke just above the chimney pot.
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Post by zou on Mar 7, 2024 20:29:43 GMT
Not entirely convinced either way, but would likely go colour.
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Post by JohnY on Mar 8, 2024 22:55:42 GMT
The colour in the lamp doesn't match the colour in the sky and neither are golden.
I like the monochrome conversion. There is some detail in the smoke or vapour from the chimney and I agree with Keith that this might be improved especially if you have a raw file.
There is a bright halo around the lamp and roof. This has been mentioned before on photographs hosted by Flickr. It may be an attribute caused by over sharpening on the site rather than your own processing.
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Post by Ivor E Tower on Mar 11, 2024 15:24:37 GMT
I usually prefer colour, if only because life is lived in colour, but I do prefer the B&W in this case
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Post by petrochemist on Mar 11, 2024 16:46:13 GMT
B&W for me, I don't see that the colour adds anything. While the monochrome cuts it down to simply the silhouette & the texture in the steam.
I have noticed that many don't really get monochrome, and always opt for the colour version, so I guess that has it's place too.
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Post by El Sid on Mar 12, 2024 12:57:30 GMT
Thank you all for your thoughts, on the whole I think I might lean slightly in favour of the colour as it was partly the simple colours which attracted the eye. The geometric appeal of the mono came later. Some of the haloing might be my processing - I used the magic wand to select the blue sky and I might not have feathered the selection properly - but the lamp was also covered with spider web which was catching the light. The colour in the lamp owes more to the dirtiness of the glass than the colour of the light although I have boosted it somewhat. IIRC this did come from the raw file so I'll have to check to see if there's any more detail in the bright bits but I suspect that either there was no fine detail or it's too far gone to recover. Again thanks for the feedback.  |
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