Spring Glory

I like the color version for the warm light tone, but I did a B&W version, too (see the attachments below in the page): what do you prefer and why?

Thank you if you would spend a little time to watch this photo and leave me a sincere comment or a critique.

Here the B&W version I mentioned:

Bella sia per la composizione che per la luce dorata, per cui ho apprezzato entrambe le versioni. Max and my compliments!

Bello il taglio, la luce e gli splendidi colori, un abella immagine Alberto! Ciao, Fabrizio

Prefer the color version as the b&w lacks the tonal richness present here. The differential glow of the sky and the light patch on the grass beyond the trees just doesn't communicate in the b&w to the extent it does here.

they are both very nice , but I like the color better . Wonderful shades of green .

A well executed shot with difficult lighting conditions, IMO. I am surprised by the exposure latitude you got here with Velvia 100F. I shoot the film and would expect much higher contrasts. Did you postprocess to enhance the shadows ? Is this a single frame or a blend ? Best wishes. Peter

Hi Peter! Thank you for your comment. You are a good film shooter and you did an interesting observation. Yes, Velvia 100F has a narrow exposure latitude, but I didn't employ special techniques for this shot: it's a single frame shot, scanned and edited to enhance the contrast of the details only. I was surprised too of the details I was able to get both in the shadows and in the highlights, because I know the limitations of this film. I took this shot in fully manual mode, using my EOS 3 spot meter and setting exposure increments by 1/3 stop to be more accurate as possible on the field.

All the best, Alberto.

i really like this picture.