Color V/S Black n White


Sometimes good accidents happen - went out yesterday morning to try my 180-400 lens - takes too long to acquire focus - anybody knows what I can do ? D4s Nikon - perhaps update the firmware ? It did OK on a D5
Nevertheless i took this one instead, handheld full frame at 180 mm - processed in LR - a little saturation added and some glow in TK7
Personally the B/W conversion suggests a different mood which also appeals to me

EDIT 1 - Thanks @Ed_McGuirk for your suggestions - extracted detail in the sky using Dehaze and exposure and played with yellow and green to make more separation
Any suggestions, especially aesthetic, are welcome

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Wow. The choice of color vs black and white for this image could yield a LOT of conflicting results. My choice is color. There is such a variety of it and it is shown perfectly reflected in the water. While I am a fan of B&W for some landscape shots, this one appeals to me in color only.

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Just some random comments Karl. The bald sky is hurting both images, I wish you had tried a longer focal length to extract a subsection on the left that excluded the sky (and its reflection).

The color image does have a nice variety of colors, but the overall image feels a bit overexposed and too warm for my taste. The yellow reeds don’t separate much from those surrounding greens because spring greens actually have a lot yellow in them.

The B&W version does a much better job of achieving tonal separation (based on both luminosity and color), and the reeds become much more prominent. If you had shot this without the sky, I would prefer the B&W version.

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