All right...I finally took a color image that doesn't strike me as a "Kodak Moment". It's pretty muted but at least doesn't have the "in your face" color I normally get. I shot it in B&W as well. So I'm including both of them. The B&W version first and the color in the next msg. Which one do you prefer? (I've made a "tenative" sale of 8 images to an open edition fine art photography publisher. I'm thinking of including one of these as well.) Thanks in advance!!

Gene

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i prefer the b/w version.but this only my taste. both version are beautiful and full of magic. !!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

Straight off the Hip...B&W. Any other Problems Doc...and how is the Wart Clinic.

strange you should ask about the Wart Clinic. i've decided to enlarge it and expand it's purpose. how do you spell "hemeroid"? 'cause i work with a bunch of 'em and was thinking if we could remove those problems...then it would be a great place to work. thanks for the opinion...especially since you and Gerhard gave one that matches mine. lol

Completely confused about the Wart Clinic, but guess I'm better off not knowing. If "open edition fine art photography publisher" has given you money in hand, you are better off than most of us, and need not ask our humble advice. I tend to like the color version here, but what the hell! Is your style ordinarily color or B&W? Both have a Market. Your professional art director customers will anticipate a style. Which would you rather be noted for?

I'll definitely go for the color version here!! Superb!! And yea, what's that Wart Clinic thingie!? O_O

cool with the color choice. lol and the Wart Clinic thingie...lol just a typical conversation between Tedz and myself. we carry the surrealism into life as well. lol so in other words...take anything we say with a LARGE grain of salt. ;-)

I thought you got rid of those danged ole warts! I let ye borrow my belt sander even! Sheeeesh! It's a toss up Gene, while the black and white version is very nice I also like the color version. OK toss a coin, the black and white version by the toss of a coin. Brenda :)

I'm with Misha the color one is better than the B&W because the B&W the one tree stands out too much (highlights blow out in post work?), it really bugs me, but it does not in the color one

warts up doc? :o)))))) i prefer the color too, unless the series of 8 is suppose to be a set(?) & congrats on the tentative sale gene!

i like the b/w a lot better! i find it moodier than the color one. on my monitor, the highlights in the tree are just fine in the b/w version. i think the b/w version is way more dramatic and powerful...has a bigger impact on me. hey Gene...that's totally awesome about your tentative sale!!!!!! :) Way to go, bud! :)

@Misha - i actually have the contract signed but not the money in hand. lol as for what i normally shoot...B&W. have for over 30 years now and just prefer it. the market is limited but it's primarily in what i enjoy..."fine art B&W"...so i won't argue. :-) @ Brenda - not MY warts...i like them...it's other people's warts silly! lol you surprised me girl...figured you go for the color. when i flipped the coin it came up B&W...just because i have a two-headed nickle. lol @ Azy - hmmm...wonder if it isn't a monitor thing with the washed out tree? it shows a lot of detail here on my monitor. actually more detail in the B&W than in the color image...on my monitor at least. @ Cindy - lmao...just now noticed it says "warts" and not "whats"...as i'd been reading it. lol the series is actually two series of 4 images each. they've been chosen but the co. asked for a few more for possible future use. so i was thinking of this one and 3 others that i really like. @ Sheila - i think it was the moodiness of the B&W that i liked best. but didn't know if the mood was too "dark". is it? i misspoke...the sale is final...just don't have the check in my grubby hands yet. lol

I would personally go with the colour one. I find the B/W to be a little too dark. Yup, definitly the colour. Nice shot by the way!!!! #:O)

For some reason I find both versions of the image to be incredible ominous. The shadows seem to be alive somehow. Perhaps it is my over-active imagination. I think I prefer the color version, because I can imagine a person sitting in that last spot of light and color near the tree, as darkness falls to overtake them completely... An over-active imagination indeed!

Gene, it's not too dark on my monitor. Looks perfect!

I like my warts too, but they got outta hand and I had to sand a few off. Ouchie!!! :o) Certain things appeal to me in B&W and well I guess that was one of em! wink-wink

the colour version is like a country song and the b/w version is like a Jazz song. i am a fan of blue notes, but i like all good music and styles.of course Jazz isnt always so easy and more music for musicans. you know what i mean my friend. !!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!

Why can't u submit both...? Personally I like the color ..it has a fantasy appeal..

Much prefer the colour one... The B&W lacks life the water even looks dead... The colours got a lovely shine to it and the textures are clear...