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frenchy · Feb 8, 2006, 2:10 PM

Any thoughs / critiques on the attached? I can't decide the best way to present this. Black & White or colour? The original was cropped and I cloned out a small tree.

frenchy · Feb 8, 2006, 2:10 PM

Colour.

VAtechtigger · Feb 8, 2006, 2:17 PM

black and white. perhaps a bit darker black in the shot.

poor camel.............

alex james · Feb 8, 2006, 2:56 PM

:Gits a nice shot frenchy, but as tigger said perhaps a touch more contrast.

where in kent was that taken ? :G

alex james · Feb 8, 2006, 2:59 PM

Sorry frenchy i ment to say i prefer the b/w.

Alex

squirl033 · Feb 8, 2006, 4:29 PM

personally, i prefere the color version... gives more of a sense of the "brown-ness" of everything in the desert...

Sergeant · Feb 8, 2006, 5:03 PM

I personally like the black and white, my reasons for that is because it makes the picture feal older and when I see the picture I think it belongs in the olden days.

Hards80 · Feb 8, 2006, 5:13 PM

i like the black and white version as well. think a little sharpening and selective lightening to his face would help it out too.

hooligan · Feb 8, 2006, 9:52 PM

the comosition is weak. My guess is that your original shot was better composed befored you cropped it 16:9. BW is better however lacks contrast. BW loves contrast.....

Hooli

frenchy · Feb 9, 2006, 2:15 AM

Thanks for your responses guys. Alex, this is in a little known part of Kent known as Tunisia, it's just off the A20 past Maidstone.

It looks like the general concensus is BW with more contrast, which is frustrating for me because I felt the original BW image was too dark in places to see properly, so I dodged and lightened it a bit!

Hooligan, that's about all the camel I had in the original photo, as I took it in a hurry as we were driving past. I cropped off the top (which was messy). I personally like the composition, as it shows just howlong the camel's neck is. It's a personal opinion, though, so I appreciate your input.

Frenchy

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Feb 8, 2006, 2:17 PM	#3
VAtechtigger Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 570	black and white. perhaps a bit darker black in the shot. poor camel.............

Feb 8, 2006, 2:56 PM	#4
alex james Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,427	:Gits a nice shot frenchy, but as tigger said perhaps a touch more contrast. where in kent was that taken ? :G

Feb 8, 2006, 2:59 PM	#5
alex james Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,427	Sorry frenchy i ment to say i prefer the b/w. Alex

Feb 8, 2006, 4:29 PM	#6
squirl033 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,915	personally, i prefere the color version... gives more of a sense of the "brown-ness" of everything in the desert...

Feb 8, 2006, 5:03 PM	#7
Sergeant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 126	I personally like the black and white, my reasons for that is because it makes the picture feal older and when I see the picture I think it belongs in the olden days.

Feb 8, 2006, 5:13 PM	#8
Hards80 Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 9,046	i like the black and white version as well. think a little sharpening and selective lightening to his face would help it out too.

Feb 8, 2006, 9:52 PM	#9
hooligan Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 36	the comosition is weak. My guess is that your original shot was better composed befored you cropped it 16:9. BW is better however lacks contrast. BW loves contrast..... Hooli

Feb 9, 2006, 2:15 AM	#10
frenchy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 466	Thanks for your responses guys. Alex, this is in a little known part of Kent known as Tunisia, it's just off the A20 past Maidstone. It looks like the general concensus is BW with more contrast, which is frustrating for me because I felt the original BW image was too dark in places to see properly, so I dodged and lightened it a bit! Hooligan, that's about all the camel I had in the original photo, as I took it in a hurry as we were driving past. I cropped off the top (which was messy). I personally like the composition, as it shows just howlong the camel's neck is. It's a personal opinion, though, so I appreciate your input. Frenchy