Time Worn Structure

Another from our trip to the desert. I liked the angles on this one.

It looks good in color as well, but I still prefer the B&W i think.

Zack,
I'm a all for the color rendition. It just seems more dramatic.

I really dig the color version also. Not enough tonal separation in the different parts of the run down shack in the B&W for me (lots of grey).....

Cool, I appreciate the feedback. I really like both, but the color version has been growing on me.

I am goiing to go against the grain on this one. I prefer the B/W one. Where did you find this shot? I'd love to put my 4x5 up against it!

RichieV

I don't really like the color version much. The B&W is awesome - no comparison for me! It tells the story much better IMO, adding an old, rustic look to the image which compliments the subject. Also, I'd like to see a slightly sepia-toned version.

Thanks for all the feedback.

Richie, this is out in a very remote area near the Alvord Desert in SE Oregon.

dang! when you said desert I thought it might be more down in my neck of the woods! Very cool stuff anyways.

RichieV

Zack,

Put me down as B&W as well. My first choice is always B&W.

Kevin

Zack, I woudn't say I dislike the color one, but the B&W one is loads better in my book. It seems much more balanced. In the color one, the deep browness of the wall on the right pulls my eye away from the other details. In the B&W one, I look there and admire the texture, but my eye goes up to the roof, into the sky, back down to the roof where it hits the broken rafter, down to the debris inside the scruff in the FG, the rocks in the LRHC. It's a much stronger image.

Sean

A little sepia and a little more drama?

I'm late to the show but I'll put in my two cents, Zack, and say that you captured a dramatic scene. I like both the color and b/w versions but of the two b/w versions I much prefer the sepia toned one. Personally, I'd take any of the versions for the wall...

Nice Marc, the sepia really works well, I've reproduced your results. Thanks Marc.