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Study In Color
Posted by zOOm (Paris, France) on 25 April 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Une fois n'est pas coutume, je vais vous demander votre avis... hier en noir et blanc et aujourd'hui en couleur. Lâchez-vous ! :-)
I want to have your opinion of this picture today in color, yesterday in B&W (same place). Let me know what you REALLY think about them and don't be afraid of words, please ! :-)
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jpla from St Barthélémy d'Anjou, France
Je préfère la couleur ( je suis surpris par mon choix ). Les détails dans les reflets sont meilleurs. Bonne journée.
JP
25 Apr 2009 5:38am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
les deux sont belles car tellement différentes au niveau des ressentis ! j'adore !
25 Apr 2009 5:48am
Bill Jennings from Los Altos (Bay Area Calif), United States
My wife says Color. I say B&W. We hardly ever agree. She is usually right for photos I enter into the local camera club contests. I think they are both fantastic. Is this the Library at the end of town in Paris?
25 Apr 2009 5:59am
@Bill Jennings: No Bill, this La Défense, a place full of towers, big companies and offices. Thanks to you both for this com.
k@ from Paris, France
Ma nièce à côté de moi dit "La boule et l'immeuble avec ses reflets, j'adore !" :) Préférence perso pour la version N&B mais je n'aurais vu que celle-ci, j'aurais dit comme ma Nina chérie ! :))
25 Apr 2009 6:12am
Peggy M. from somewhere in, France
La couleur m'embarque dans la même admiration que le N&B de la veille. Je suis sincèrement admirative de ce que tu peux faire vivre au bout de ton regard ! Je vais la contempler encore, je ne me lasse pas. Bravo.
25 Apr 2009 6:33am
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
Personally I prefer the mono image from yesterday, it has more exciting tones and leaves more to the imagination, although this is still a good colourful composition in itself
25 Apr 2009 7:00am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
It would be too difficult to say which one I liked best as they both have things about them that are wonderful!!! I love the metalic feel of this shot!!
25 Apr 2009 7:06am
Cat from PARIS, France
Cette version couleur donne à la scène (parisienne pourtant connue) un aspect futuriste incontestable que ne donnait pas le N&B. Les reflets sont juste magnifiques.
25 Apr 2009 7:10am
"Marie" :-) from perth, Australia
Hi, I like the colour, no the b&w, no the colour............ who knows, they are both superb. This one is just a tad my favourite...... because I love the blue ball dome.... there decision made. Thank you for sharing both.
25 Apr 2009 7:36am
Sof from Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Moi et mon fils: Titouan, on l'a préfère en NB.....mais cela reste une superbe photos même en couleur.
Bonne journée
25 Apr 2009 7:57am
marianne from Toulouse, from France, France
J'étais si sûre de mon choix hier, mais là je dois dire que je suis emportée par TES couleurs, ces petites touches d'une palette très gaie !!! alors sincèrement, je ne sais plus, entre les deux mon coeur balance, et au final, je n'ai pas de préférence, les deux versions sont magnifiques ....
25 Apr 2009 8:33am
véronique from France
c'est beau aussi en couleurs Florence, mais un peu trop irréelle
alors ! zou, je la préfère en noir et blanc
25 Apr 2009 9:12am
michelle from Paris, France
mon mari préfère ceci en couleur mais moi je préfère cela d'hier comme photo classique... j'aime ceci en couleur aussi la coté qui attire oeil, qui donne une forte ambiance, qui donne plus de détails... mais elle est presque surréel comme une illustration... bon pourquoi pas...
25 Apr 2009 9:24am
Wayne Molyneux from Crewe, United Kingdom
Hi Zoom,
My preference is for the colour on this occasion though the Mono is still superb I love the small figures of the people ,it really give great scale to both mono & Colour . The reflections are just awesome
I do feel though that the vertical lines on the buildings need adjusting as my eye is just drawn to them.
Many congratulations on a fine photograph.
Wayne
25 Apr 2009 9:27am
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Yesterday, without having seen the color version, I was certain that the B&W would win out. Having seen how outstanding it is in color, I am no longer so certain. This is a fabulous photograph. As I think that i have said before, when they are done equally well, color seems to speak to my heart and B&W speaks to my soul. Often my preference depends upon my mood at the time. Also I find that with my own work, I respond differently to a print than I do to a digital image. Liners would love to see me going through this internal struggle.
25 Apr 2009 9:37am
@john4jack: "...color seems to speak to my heart and B&W speaks to my soul." I truly share your opinion as well. That's why it's probably so difficult to choose. Same with paper prints and digital images. rendreing can be so different. I can spend hours like this... wandering in a room, and endlessly thinking... yes, but... ! Ahahha ! My internal struggle too ! :-) Thanks for your com, Jack, I now fell less isolated.
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Une préference pour la photo N&B! Mais elle fait un super effet dans ces tons!
25 Apr 2009 9:49am
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
La couleur et les reflets sont fantastiques et cette photo est belle mais la plus forte pour moi est de loin celle en noir et blanc ! Bravo !
25 Apr 2009 10:50am
Bogdan from Brasov, Romania
the colors looks a little bit unreal. But except this the pic looks great
25 Apr 2009 10:59am
Veronelle from Lens, France
j'aime les deux, la couleur est toutefois plus detaillée
25 Apr 2009 11:04am
Francesc B. from région parisienne, France
Ici, c'est totalement différent... plus jeu vidéo, avec ces couleurs un peu forcées... artistiquement parlant, je préfère la version N&B... sans hésiter... l'ambiance, l'atmosphère sont bien plus réussies en N&B.
25 Apr 2009 11:05am
Lee from Fort Frances Ontario, Canada
This is going to take a while. I'll have to sit and ponder this for sometime. I just keep flipping back and forth. I like the b&w version, except I think the sky is to dark.
The colour version is surebly done. It looks animated to me. I'm not sure which I prefer though. If I can make a decision I'll be back to you.
25 Apr 2009 11:54am
@Lee: No problem Lee ! :-)
willow from Chelsea, United States
I think I like the color better. Although it is a hard decision. The color version emphasizes the light and shadows more.
25 Apr 2009 12:08pm
Fabrice from France
Comme promis et comme tu nous le demande, je te donne mon avis.
Saches que les deux me plaisent. Pourtant j'y vois deux mondes :
- celui d'aujourd'hui que l'on peut appeler "Le monde merveilleux". On dit que la couleur adoucie les mœurs ... On le ressent dans cette prise : tout semble Idyllique, Lumineux et Propre.
- celui d'hier que l'on peut appeler "Le monde réel" ou "La face cachée". Un Monde dure où il n'y a pas de place pour tout le monde. Il faut arriver le premier pour écraser le suivant. Un Monde Noir, Sombre et Sale.
Une seule prise, un seul lieu, deux traitements, le sombre et la lumière. Avec ces deux photos tu nous fais découvrir les deux faces de Notre Monde ... Bien Jouée, Florence. Du grand travail.
Une question malgré tout : dans lequel des deux te retrouves-tu le plus souvent ?!!
25 Apr 2009 12:38pm
@Fabrice: Dans le sombre Fabrice, probablement parce que j'ai récemment (en novembre dernier) intégré ce site à la Défense (je travaille chez GDF Suez) et qui a été un grand changement pour moi à tous points de vue. Ce n'est pas que cela soit fondamentalement négatif mais c'est vrai que c'est très spécial.
En revanche, et tout à fait en dehors des considérations professionnelles, La Défense est un formaidable terrain de jeu photographique... à condition d'aimer l'architecture moderne cela va sans dire. Merci à toi pour ton passage et merci à toi de nous faire partager tes réflexions.
olivier Paillet from toulouse, France
La couleur donne un aspect plus "futuriste"... J'aime les deux mais mon coeur balance tout de même du côté du N et B !!!
25 Apr 2009 1:02pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
This is beautiful with all these wonderful colours Florence, but personally I prefer the black and white image. I find the details to be more clear in montone, and the image not as busy. Interesting to see the scene in colour.
25 Apr 2009 1:09pm
Mike Paulison from United States
Oh man! It's impossible to vote! The BW looked other worldly to me and almost like a rendering. This one is beautiful with the shapes and colors and reflections... oh, I don't know. I like them both very much, but I like them differently. I refuse to vote.
25 Apr 2009 1:28pm
@Mike Paulison: Thanks Mike for your com anyway ! :-)
I like your determination !:-)))
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
En couleur, cette photo semble prendre une autre dimension. Moins oppressive qu'en n/b, l'environnement semble plus "chaleureux". Les reflets sur les bâtiments donnent encore plus de profondeur à l'image. En n/b ou en couleur...? les deux photos sont excellentes!
25 Apr 2009 1:55pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Florence - ". . . feel less isolated." Initially what you said brought me up short. You receive 40-60 comments per day. People lavish you with respect and praise. How does one sometimes feel isolated with all of that? The answer is, "Easy." I think that it is the connection of the heart and the soul that we seek (and need). In my experience, those deep connections are rare. You certainly cannot manufacture them; and I believe that you can't even create them. They invariably come in those rare instances when they do as sheer "gift." You feel your heart and your soul touched as if by magic. A true heart/soul connection is in essence a mystery. Because it is so rare and is so fraught with mystery, if we are not paying attention, we can miss this precious gift altogether. And, what we do with this gift makes all the difference in the world. What has boggled my mind and exploded my preconceptions is that one can have such a rare and precious relationship with someone that you have never met, probably never will meet, and who lives on the other side of the world. If anyone had told me what would
happen to me in Aminus3 before I joined, I would have said that they were out of their mind. Furthermore, I feel this bond with a very few people, some of whom whose photography is to say the least dramatically different than my own. Florence, as long as I am alive, you will never be isolated.
25 Apr 2009 1:59pm
@john4jack: Jack, you're a wonderful thief ! A thief of words ! :-) When you talk about 'gift", this was exactly what I was thinking about before reading your own words. I now know that even, as you mentionned, people never chance to meet, there are - sometimes - and yes it's scarce, 'close encounter'. I know we share something very intimate, something so difficult to express... it's just like a splendid evening in summer, a lake covered with mist, where lights glow beautifully until it die, and you're just there, in the middle of perfection, aware of it, and you feel so tiny and also beeing part of it, and you can hear everything, a breathe, a bug, a bird somewhere, the air, evry pule of life. And, and it did happen to me, you cry for this beauty, not because your sad, oh no, not at all, you cry because... well I think it's just a way to be happy to be here, amongst this beauty, this divine, and be alive.
I don't know how to thank you for all your words and feel very frustated not being able to write as I feel. Thank you Jack, thank you very much.
Zygene from morlaix, France
À oui, elle est bien sympa aussi en couleurs elle a été faite en HDR ou d’une autre façon ?
25 Apr 2009 2:03pm
@Zygene: HDR Fabrice, tu as bien deviné !
B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States
I like the color better. But, I always lean toward color shot.
25 Apr 2009 3:45pm
Paul K from Bretagne, France
J'ai une assez nette préférence pour la couleur parce que :
- les nuages à droite de la version n&b me perturbent pas mal,
- la version couleur me semble avoir plus de relief, profondeur,
- j'y distingue mieux les reflets, les gens
mais j'aime beaucoup le N&B aussi ;)
25 Apr 2009 4:13pm
@Paul K: Pas de problème Paul, toutes les remarques sont les bienvenues ! :-)
observing from North West, United Kingdom
Quite a spectacular image Flo, the colours are really beautiful, personally - I prefer the B/W shot. It looks more futuristic, and the sky is more dramatic, but I must admit. I love Black & White photography.
25 Apr 2009 4:31pm
@observing: Thanks a lot Mike !
LAE from Chesterton, United States
I like both photo's, b/w is stunning with detail, the color is awesome, and I really like the blue so if I had to vote it would be for the color, but, its a hard to vote when both are Great !
25 Apr 2009 5:00pm
Véro from France
un choix bien difficile car j'apprécie les 2 mais l'ambiance est différente et mon oeil ne se dirige pas au même endroit sur chacune .
Je l'aurait quand redressée un peu .
Beau travail en tous cas.
25 Apr 2009 5:05pm
@Véro: C'est mon penchant naturel pour Paris qui fait encore des siennes ! :-))
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
florence ,pour moi c'est sans conteste cette version je la trouve fantastique ,au point de vue du traitement des couleurs ,on dirait une photo en trois D ,on sent meme la lumiere penetrer sous l'arche !l'ambiance y est fantastique !
bises
25 Apr 2009 6:47pm
@marc battault: Merci à toi Marc !
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Je préfère le n&b. Je trouve les couleurs un peu trop irréelles. Ciao!
25 Apr 2009 6:55pm
@Giovanni: C'est vrai que j'ai poussé un peu le HDR ! :-)
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
You feel "frustrated"; my God, Florence, you are a bloomin' poet. You certainly know how to make the tears come. (I am printing and saving your words from today.)
25 Apr 2009 7:36pm
@john4jack: Jack, I'm now definetely... speechless ! ;-)
freDeric from Orleans, France
evidemment, la couleur a son interet ici, surtoutu grace à l'effet HDr appliqué. ça pete, et le coté surnaturel est bien plus provoquant. Yess.
25 Apr 2009 7:46pm
Marie from FRESNES, France
ben pour moi, ce sera couleurs, étonnant, non ? Elles sont géniales, ici, variées, et permettent de dissocier les différents élements de la photo.
25 Apr 2009 9:07pm
@Marie: Ah oui alors, je suis surprise mais agréablement surprise Marie ! :-)
Gérard from France
Autant délirer avec la couleur, surtout que tu as traité ta photo de façon superbe sans agressivité, j'aime.
25 Apr 2009 10:08pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
And to follow on from my comment on the b&W version of this one, this on the other hand is vibrant and lively with a futuristic feel both brilliant BTW
26 Apr 2009 12:40am
One from Açores, Portugal
Une vue magnifique !! Une excellente performance même avec les couleurs et très bon traitement !
26 Apr 2009 4:02am
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
I am a total sucker for color... though I prefer the yesterday`s version. This one has some playfulness and cuteness about it, when the yesterday one was more solid, even... since you are working with the "toy camera effect" then B&W brings it closer to it and makes you look more into the details as apposed to admiring the colors. But I enjoy both images neverless.
26 Apr 2009 5:04am
@Nataly: No tilt sift effect here Nataly. Thanks for your coms ! :-)
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
fantastic array of colours! a very artistic impression here and the shot is nicely composed too! the geometrical lines and shapes really drive this scene beyond the colours - well done!
26 Apr 2009 10:58am
ixbé from France
Très jolie pdv, pour ma part je préfère cette version couleur, qui fait bien ressortir la belle lumière de cet instant!
26 Apr 2009 2:30pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
No effect?? Then I love this even more and my vote goes for the B&W for the tones, details and the miniature impression!
26 Apr 2009 2:48pm
dan from Paris, France
Mon nette préférence va au NB bien sûr ! L'essentiel, quoi !
26 Apr 2009 2:59pm
fabienne from France
Entre les 2 mon coeur balance mais peut être une préférence pour le NB
27 Apr 2009 7:55am
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
Stunning seems too lame of a word when describing this. The color is beautiful and I love the reflection of nearby buildings in the buildings' facades.
27 Apr 2009 4:24pm
dj.tigersprout from New York City, USA, United States
oh wow!!! just superb color rendition!! like a sci-fi world from the future!! bravo!!
27 Apr 2009 4:38pm
Benoît from Montpellier, France
Magnifique, j"aime bcp ce style de photos et le traitement de l'image est excellent
28 Apr 2009 11:13pm
Isao from isère, France
j'aime, c'est presque surréaliste, je ne sais pas si ça vient de la lumière ou des reflets un peu partout...
trés chouette !!!
1 May 2009 9:22pm
Anita from West Nottingham, United States
Great color, great reflections, great composition! (I think it might be tilting just a bit to the left.)
15 May 2009 10:00am
