Toeing the Line b&w

Thanks for your time and words!

Matthijs.

Color is good but I like the b&w-----it allows focus on the composition as a whole with less distraction from the bright colors. I love her pose.  Well captured. ~~~~~~~~~L

I like B/W

Regards

I'll be contrary and say it works better in color. :-)

I think that any comment for the most part will be somewhat biased as most people tend to have a preference for either the one or the other.

Concerning your photo to me it looks like a stylised and rather effective composition with a great sense of detail and for that you deserve a lot of credit. You certainly knew what you wanted and it shows. It may look like a simple composition but it's not so easy to get away with something like this. You did good here.

Concerning your colour version I have to say that it needs to be colorcorrected, the skin tone for instance is too red as is your photo as a whole.

Concerning your b&w I have to say that I find this far more attractive because of all those graphic elements in your photo. However, just as your colour one it lacks punch and while this is less of a problem in your colour one here it's rather unattractive. This one needs, and in my mind deserves, an increase in contrast because it is way too flat.

Just to give you a hint (because how far you take it is a matter of taste) I'll supply you with another version.

Above all however I think you shot a good photo here.

Dear Ton,

Thanks for your kind words.

Regarding your advice:

- Color is not my strong point, my red perception is a little off. So chances are that you're entirely correct in your assessment of the color version.

- I think I see what you mean with adding a little more contrast to the B&W version. It's pretty natural in stead of punchy. I do think your version is a tad dark so the best would probably be in between. (To my eyes anyway.)

All the best, Matthijs.

This is a very nice & happy moment you captured. I prefer the B&W too, and think that Ton is right -- a tad more contrast might enhance your capture ( and give it a bit more 'punch'..)   However, I agree with you that Ton's version seems a bit too dark to me as well... Een erg mooie foto, Matthijs!

Tweaked version.

(To see if my PP skills have improved...)

Even smaller so it displays in line.

Looks good. I guess that you applied only a touch more contrast..?   Anyway, maybe it is just a matter of taste in the end :-)  However, I don't think that you needed to crop this more, as I quite liked the girl's placement within the frame & the extra space over her head... (but = also a matter of taste probably) Groetjes, Marjolein