This image works almost equally well in b&w, no doubt about it. The graphical effect of the foliage against the brick wall makes it natural for mono. However, my vision of this comes in colour, and the more I see it mono, the more I love it in colour. Actually, the image is mostly mono, if the foliage is disregarded. But, that foliage, how could it be disregarded… Fragile colours that are slowly fading away. Single leafs that gives up and swirls slowly to the ground. The pale grass that gets to see less and less from the sun. All this comes in colour, to me.
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October 5, 2007
1/25 s
f/3.2
Leiva V-Lux 1 at 12,6 mm (35 mm eqv: 59 mm)
The colour is a “bonus” in the monochrome image. Great photo!
Ove, I prefer the color version as well. Those soft pastel colors against that dark wall are striking!
Thanks, Robert and Earl.
Same here. The color and the “colorkey” impression are so crucial for the picture that I actually have a bit of a problem to imagine how it would look in B&W. Certainly it would feel completely different…
Color, man! Color! When I saw the photo I thought: Wow! Autumn sure comes early to that part of the world!
Then, I saw the date of the photo! Here, in Charleston, South Carolina, we are still having hot and humid days. Yesterday was about 95 F (35 C) and very humid. Heat indexes (what it ‘feels’ like) of about 110 F (43 C). Quite frankly, I’m ready for some good Autumn weather!!!
The color does it, it jumps right out against the grey.
Thomas, have a look here for a reference of how it appears in b&w.
And Paul, we are not really there yet here either. We’ll have to wait another month before the first leaves turns colour. It is interesting how you have a heat index, which is quite an opposit to our cold index, which is the inverse of your index. The wind makes the cold feel much worse than the scale tells, the same as the humidity makes the heat feel more than the scale tells. 35 degrees, oh my oh my. Right now, we’re happy when the scale hits 25 on a good day. It has not been the best summer, from that perspective seen. But I don’t care anyway, you know I long for the autumn.
And thank you too, Don. This time I take the opportunity to welcome you to my blog. It’s nice to have you here!
I enjoyed the photo without color, but it comes to life with those wonderful other-worldly hues. I also prefer this one.
Me too, Anita. Most certainly the b&w version would be the strongest one in specific contexts, it depends on what you want to express for the moment, I guess.