My first thought, Sepia, but the more I stare at both, I'm liking the color...looks as though it's sunset and you just caught this great image before the sun went down... Perhaps the color photo is telling a better story? Like them both, and I would also tone down the saturation on the Sepia, but I'm voting "sunset" color!
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Okay, time for round two, I just got done editing both shots from RAW and toned it down a little. Which do you prefer, color or sepia? Thanks for indulging me, this shot will be a gift for Gabrielle's mother.
I love the blue on the back and the orange on the face. Don't worry what other people say. Sepia sucks and you're losing interesting colour by converting it.
I always prefer color. But B&W has a huge advantage for print preservation. Looking over family snapshots from a half century ago, the color prints are very sad, almost useless. But the B&W prints still look fine. Of course today many of us use the same paper for both. So I'm not sure that this difference in stability still holds up?
KCook wrote: I always prefer color. But B&W has a huge advantage for print preservation. Looking over family snapshots from a half century ago, the color prints are very sad, almost useless. But the B&W prints still look fine. Of course today many of us use the same paper for both. So I'm not sure that this difference in stability still holds up?
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Yeh Black and White is OK, but not Sepia. Keep sepia for those fake ol' timer photos.
As you can tell, I'm pretty anti-sepia. LOL It reminds me of star wipes in video.
Thanks for your thoughts everyone! It is an interesting discussion and I realize it is a question that is totally subjective, but that's part of the fun of having a forum to glean ideas from. Thanks again!
I like them both but think this would be a great story board image. I would mat the image in a tripe opening mat in sepia, color & black & white. Then frame it up in a single frame. I would either put it in the order B&W, color, Sepia...or B&W, Sepia then color..to show the progression of color. You could also mat it as a 4 up in B&W, along with monotones of cyan, yellow & magenta. I've sold may of these over the years. If I run across an example I'll post one.
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Okay, time for round two, I just got done editing both shots from RAW and toned it down a little. Which do you prefer, color or sepia? Thanks for indulging me, this shot will be a gift for Gabrielle's mother.
Maria21 wrote: I like them both but think this would be a great story board image. I would mat the image in a tripe opening mat in sepia, color & black & white. Then frame it up in a single frame. I would either put it in the order B&W, color, Sepia...or B&W, Sepia then color..to show the progression of color. You could also mat it as a 4 up in B&W, along with monotones of cyan, yellow & magenta. I've sold may of these over the years. If I run across an example I'll post one.
That's a great idea! Thank you Maria....I'm going to have a little fun with this. Thank You.
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