Re: Which one is better ??

Artistically, they're in different worlds when you take the color out.

I think this image is a less tricky one in B&W, as the contrast becomes easier to sort out and you've provided a VERY satisfying B&W image! I tend to like high contrast B&W, and my personal taste would run to bumping the contrast another 25 points on it.

The color image, however, is a different beast altogether. First, clone out that safety green vest trace that doesn't show in the B&W image. It's a distraction. Then there's the problem of that blue sky in the upper, right versus the very dark blue/white under the trees on the left. It pulls my eye "left" in a way the B&W image doesn't.

It's excellent in color, but the color adds in visual elements that makes it a more complex image, and hence more difficult to make focused on the hood of the truck, and the train.

Another thing you might try and that I've had good luck with is, take the color image. Get it to your satisfaction, then turn the vibrance WAY down. Like, nearly but not quite to B&W territory. Leave hints of color in it - I'll bet it's a stunner that way!

Regardless, you've got a great image there!

SRK


Stewart Rhine Wrote:
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> This was a grab shot I got while waiting to be in
> a scene at the Averill Road with the Bridgton
> mixed. Which photo do you prefer?
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> Retro plate:
> [attachment 61324 AverillRoad220bwFB.jpg]
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> Color plate:
> [attachment 61325 AverillRoad220FB.jpg]