Toba Trees III
A week or so ago I posted a colour shot of the Toba River and adjacent trees. I decided in that instance that black and white version worked better.
This time, I prefer the colour version. The colour of the river is just so good.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO100, f2.5, 1/1600th.
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burnt embers 
Colour for me…rather interesting.
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Thanks David, it is an unusual colour I think.
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I prefer the colour one.
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Thanks Ashley – that makes it 5 our ot 6 for the colour, including myself. Not quite unanimous…
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After going back and forth again and again between both versions, I’ve made up my mind which one I like better!
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Well Ken. I am very glad to hear that you have made a choice. If you feel like sharing it, I am sure some of my readers would be interested!
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Sorry. I sometimes get distracted. I prefer the B&W version. I think that the added texture in the top half is very appealing to the overall look.
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That’s OK Ken, I figured either it was a joke I was missing, or you just got distracted. So I am thinking you might agree with Melinda about getting that texture into the colour version as an improvement.
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I prefer the colour version – not often I say that, but the colours are, to my eye, important to the success of the image.
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Thank you Andy. Glad we are in agreement on this one. Though ‘success’ might be a bit strong for this image.
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Ehpem! You are acting as your OWN research department, to answer your own question? That just doesn’t seem right, somehow.
I agree with Karen – that blue water is quite nice. But I also like the ripples in the b&w version. Now, if you could combine those two things….
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I like the ripples too. They come at a price though, such as the hazy shadows around the darker shadows of the trees. How to combine them though – I suppose it could be done easily in photoshop.
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I think a more accurate statement would be “it could be done in photoshop.
Sincerely,
the Editor
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Editor – there is a role for someone that does not always do their own research! You have the job.
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Retro river. I think that green-blue is beautiful, it does make me think of Polaroids for some reason.
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Hi Karen – Polaraids eh? That is not something I would have thought of. Maybe a colour that goes by when the image is developing? Or the colour of some of the camera bodies from the earlier 60s? I am not sure they came in anything other brown and black, but might have.
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I did a bit of a search, which I suppose I should have done before replying. There are some blue bodied polaroid cameras out there, though they seem more recent. And some of them might be a similar colour to this. Perhaps that is the connection? Or is it in the image? I see a blue cast on quite a few polaroid shots that seems to originate with Polaroid Blue film. Anyway, interesting comment that got me looking around, so thanks a lot Karen!
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