need your opinion please

[fourthirds]

 Hey guys I want your honest opinion, 
 Which do you prefer the colored flowers or the B&W ones. I really like editing in B&W but there are some things that just don't come out right  in  B&W I'm not sure if this picture is one of them if it looks better in color



 I'm just not sure about the flowers here
Thanks 

[CHIP]

Color, by a mile.

Flowers mean life. Happiness. Hope. Faith. (and many others)

If you are going for something more morbid, the BW works.

[Baco Noir]

I agree - color. The pedals lose their impact (vibrance) in B&W. If they were dying, wilted and pedals falling off, then B&W would convey the demise better.

[aerome]

There's plenty of color in B&W and it's a truly great artist that can bring it out.

[katgirl]

Color, by a MILE, on account of what Chip said.  My thoughts.....EXACTLY!

KAT

[fourthirds]

I guess I'll go with the colored one for this situation.

I do like the black-and-white as well but I'm just not sure. Maybe if I tweaked it some more I can get it just the way I wanna it. Thanks

[CHIP]

I like black and white too but it communicates a completely different feeling.

What are you trying to tell the viewer with the image?

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[fourthirds]

I wanted a little bit more clarity on the water. I trying to duplicate image that a photographer took with a Leica M camera and a Summilux 50mm lens with natural light coming in the back of the image.

I took it with an Olympus E3 and a 50mm lens.

[CHIP]

You can get more clarity on the water in post processing if needed.

However, the focal point in this image is the flower so the water was invisible to me until you mentioned it.

Maybe retake it and frame it again so the handle isn't cut?

I love the way the flowers turned out.

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[Baco Noir]

May 31, 2013 20:20:33 GMT -6 fourthirds said:

I wanted a little bit more clarity on the water. I trying to duplicate image that a photographer took with a Leica M camera and a Summilux 50mm lens with natural light coming in the back of the image.

I took it with an Olympus E3 and a 50mm lens.

Can you show the inspiration image? With the wall in the background so close, I think getting a good DOF on the petals without making the wall a distraction is difficult. Maybe for a reshoot, move the vase a bit further from the wall so it can be blurred out of the field of view.

[fourthirds]

I tried searching for the image again, but with no luck their search option is not that user-friendly since it was posted a few weeks back.

I'll keep that advice for next time since the sun went down and it's dark with no more natural light coming in.

thanks again

[CHIP]

May 31, 2013 21:23:27 GMT -6 Baco Noir said:

May 31, 2013 20:20:33 GMT -6 fourthirds said:

I wanted a little bit more clarity on the water. I trying to duplicate image that a photographer took with a Leica M camera and a Summilux 50mm lens with natural light coming in the back of the image.

I took it with an Olympus E3 and a 50mm lens.

Can you show the inspiration image? With the wall in the background so close, I think getting a good DOF on the petals without making the wall a distraction is difficult. Maybe for a reshoot, move the vase a bit further from the wall so it can be blurred out of the field of view.

You can easily blur the wall at that distance with an 85mm shot at 1.8 or a 105 at 2.8, but that's with an SLR.

Smaller sensor cameras would need to have the flowers placed much further away from the wall while maintaining a close distance from the subject while shooting as wide open as possible.

I'm a giant fan of blurred backgrounds and I somehow managed to memorise most DOF numbers for my lenses.

I'm a freak lol

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[iceman]

Many photo's look better in B/w, but for me flowers need to be in color