Street shot, C&C: BW or colour?

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• Sep 3, 2009

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Hi guys,

Just took this shot out of my window, wondering which you like, BW or colour? Any other C&C on the pic welcome. 40D & 17-85mm IS used.

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The B&W version. Much better than the coloured one.

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The B&W one but you need to pull back the exposure, maybe 1.5 stops, in everything but the sky, imo.

It's overexposed.

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The b&w. Because of the bright purplish spot on the road. And I agree with Bohdan that you need to cut the exposure some...
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....is a feature of the scene, the floodlights are actually purple, and light up the road, I toned it down a bit in all honesty. To actually make a 'good picture' exposure I would have to use hdr, or play with masking part of the scene. I agree that in the BW the blown highlights may need cutting back by a stop or two, but the rest of the scene would be lost.

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I see what your saying. I thought the purple was lens flare. I have never seen street lamps that color. Could you post the original before you toned it down?
Just interested in how bright they were...
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I much prefer the B&W, because its more dramatic scene.

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No, you can cut the whole scene by at least 1 stop, if not more and not lose anything. Having the buildings blown out is deal breaker for me. Try just playing with Levels, for a start. The stuff on the rightr is not important to the scene, imo, so could be sacrificed.
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