Wattamola Falls – (c) 2014 Gerard Blacklock
D7000 with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ 17mm – Aperture: f/19 and Shutter Speed: 4s (normal frame) 1s dark frame) and 15 s (bright frame)
ISO 100
Wattamola Falls – (c) 2014 Gerard Blacklock D7000 with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ 17mm – Aperture: f/19 and Shutter Speed: 4s (normal frame) 1s dark frame) and 15 s (bright frame) ISO 100
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Well polls seem to be all the rage, so lets have it BW or colour?
I am leaning towards the BW image, it seems to have more mood, which was in the forefront of my mind when processing this image.
3 shot Panorama (bracketed +2.0 – 0 – +2.0)
Techie data:
D7000 with Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 @ 17mm – Aperture: f/19 and Shutter Speed: 4s (normal frame) 1s dark frame) and 15 s (bright frame)
ISO 100
Out front: sinking sand, some filters, probably the CPL and thats it 🙂
As always, I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed.
I don't think you'd go wrong with either one, really.
It is impossible to have a preference! Both versions are beautiful
These are different atmospheres,
Besides the issue of choice, the monochrome is great !!
Love both images, favoring the B/W.
I choose both! 🙂
Colour wins it for me, +Gerard Blacklock. Although I am a sucker for black and white…
both are very good and work imo,
However more would buy the colour.
When a B+W and colour are displayed together more will select the colour.
It's a bit like the old "rule" that paintings and photos should not be display together; colour/b+w should not be display together as the human eye is attracted to colour
Both very well done Gerry
My choice is B/W. In this case..
I vote for B/W as well! – it's breathtaking shot!!
thanks +Jim Shackett
thanks for your thoughts +Christele Alonso
thanks +Michelle Sledgeski and +Ann Marie Boyce
+Hendrik Ebber
cheers mate 🙂
+Ian Browne
thanks Ian, I agree, I have shown it (BW) to peeps outside of gplus and I think i have gotten a more positive response mainly since there is no choice…
Thanks +Milano M and +Victoria Dyugovsky
A technique I am currently quietly experimenting on is to make a High Contrast, full tonal range, and structured black and white in Silver efex to control the luminosity of a colour image. Getting some funky results. I am liking it so far, +Gerard Blacklock 🙂
I've got a definite slant toward the monochrome version
+Hendrik Ebber
I wanna see some results 🙂
+O. Sydney
cheers mate – can you see yourself in there 🙂
+Gerard Blacklock I zoomed in and almost got wet 😉
The black and white one for me. I do like the colour version too, but i seem to like most things in B&W
Great !!!
Although I like the mood of the B&W, it seems to lose quite a bit of detail to the vignette in an effort to bring attention to the falls themselves.
The greens are very pleasing and add a lot of interest in the foreground for the colour shots too. I found myself lingering longer and going left and right,
Good soft treatment in both cases by the way 🙂
+Aravindhan Padmanabhan
good points, the BW version is deliberately vignetted to try and create that real sense of a tunneled moody shot, whilst I like the BW version more, this is simply a fact that its a style i do not currently do, hence it feels fresh and new…that however does not necessarily mean its better…
Thanks for taking the time to look and post your thoughts, very much appreciated.
I can thoroughly relate to trying something new and breaking the mould. Big respect mate! Always a pleasure to view your images.