Val d'Orcia (Tuscany)

What do you prefer?

Very nice, I prefer the B/W version.

no, assolutamente meglio il bn!

Without hesitation I do prefer the BW version, dramatic and moody, with a soft touch of nostalgia hanged from a fantastic troubled sky (I cannot appreciate this feeling in the color version), like if the image were depicting a past time. Really very well done Mau.

exellent work!

I like the composition

and b&w color!

best regards!

Undoubtedly the bw version. It is simply magnificient. The clouds and the ground introduce a dramatic element. Best regards.

Hi Maurizio,

I like both versions, but the BW version is more like what older film cameras produced with lens that were stopped down significantly. This in turn provides that "softer" look, which is pleasing to see.

Being a specialist in high definition imaging, I would have shot this scene with my fixed focal length wide angle lens at wide open aperture or one stop below.

Had you shoot the color version at F/4, I would have found it to be better. The fact that larger f-stops (like F/11, 16, 22, etc) do reduce the clarity of any good lens. The color content places more of a demand upon the lens ability to image each color, develop the color and keep the contrast at it best levels. Again, a good lens benefits from a more open f-stop employed.

Best Regards,  Mike 

splendido paesaggio..complimenti,mio amico.

Like the B/W one which shows more power or force.  Great work.  Best Regards,

I like it....Cheers Dolf

Devo commentato una foto della Toscana e ho detto: Non sono mai stato lì, ma l'ho riconosciuto dalla foto miniature! Questo è molto bello, ma non riesco a decidere quale preferire, il BW o il colore! Entrambi sono divini!

Ciaomau dottore!

PDE

Another landscape! Beautiful and intense BW toning. Hen

Very nice B&W.

Maurizio, Love the B&W version, very well processed, gives me a sense of being there. I love the tonal range.

Cheers Richard

Fantastic landscape shot.The B&W rules here.Thanks for sharing.

My best regards.

Kallol

The B/W version looks like a photo of an old master, it is also a very good photo, congratulations!

It seems that the  of the B/W version got more attention from you during  post processing, therefore this time it is better than the color version.

Wonderful  scene Maurizio..The black and white is more appealing to me.

A well photographed place but hardly presented in b&w that is rendered beautifully such as this. Great tones and well composed landscape.

Best regards!  -  Lester

Beautiful work, Maurizio!

Decisamente migliore nella versione BW.Un autentico capolavoro. Bravo Mau

Il B&W è riuscito molto bene e le nuvole rendono molto di più! La serpentina sulla destra "stuzzica" molto l'occhio! Decisamente ben riuscita!

Ah Tuscany. It would be so lovely to take a drive (quite a few actually over a week or so!) and stop to appreciate all the wonderful sights I am sure there would be. I do like the black and white as many others. Its 'moodiness' and the 'light and shadow' play are lovely.

Well done Maurizio.

Kindest regards, Gail

What a beautiful, beautiful photograph you have made. everywhere there are small cameos of rural life joined by the curvaceous landscape. The lines of trees up the winding road and the huddle of dark pines watching over the valleys and distant hills. Such sky, crammed with clouds and light. I envy you this photo!