I should frame this.

[Max]

Not bad In Colour too.

[Kev]

Sorry Max, I don't recognize its location. Where is it? Good pics mate, your new camera?

[ChrisGeorge]

Excellent work, Max!!!

As Kev say, Timbuktu???

Just ribbing you, lad.

Chris

[lindylou]

Really good Max yes, you should frame the pic - probably the black & white one.

[iain]

Excellent pic, and what a shame we won't be having that view for much longer

[ChrisGeorge]

Max, might I suggest that you make this a pic of the day?

Thanks

Chris

[robbo176]

great Photo Max I like the B&W one best

[Walden]

Ace photo that - I like the B&W one best as well

[PhilipG]

I like the colour one best, but that's probably because I remember when everything was B & W, including dreams.

I know I'm going to get a lot of stick for this, but I can't understand the attraction for monochrome.
I like to capture images as I see them, and get a true record of the subject.

[Max]

Monochrome?

Liking shooting pictures In RAW mode though It's more flexible when photo shopping.

It's a digital version of a negative so I can see how It's more flexible to editing.

Going to St Barnabas soon to get a night shot since It's lit up.

[ChrisGeorge]

I like the colour one best, but that's probably because I remember when everything was B & W, including dreams.

I know I'm going to get a lot of stick for this, but I can't understand the attraction for monochrome.
I like to capture images as I see them, and get a true record of the subject.

Hi Philip

Don't you think black and white can lend a certain mood to some pictures? Especially with a lot of light and dark, shadows etc.

Chris

[PhilipG]

Hi Philip

Don't you think black and white can lend a certain mood to some pictures? Especially with a lot of light and dark, shadows etc.

Chris

I'm not going to get into a detailed discussion, Chris, because it's a dangerous subject.
It's all down to what the photographer wants, of course, but (and it's only my impression) a lot of people use B & W now because they think it's 'arty'.

Max, please, I don't mean you.
You're obviously learning much more than I ever knew (or want to know) about digital photography.

And Chris, I know you're going to say that B & W was very popular when film was the norm.
But I suspect that's because B & W processing was quite easy to learn to do (I even learnt it myself).

I have seen only one or two colour photos of cinemas from the 1930s and 1940s when they used to be ablaze with neon, and it's such a pity that colour wasn't used more often.

I could refer you all to a colour photo of 1961 that was universally well-liked on this forum.
Why?
Mainly because it was so rare for its time, but also because people realised that Liverpool was always colourful, but B & W photography portrays things differently (and dare I say drably) from what they are.
Which is the effect some photographers want.
So we've come full circle.

I wasn't expecting to give such a long answer.

[lottie]

I think the back and white one is better

[Max]

I think the back and white one is better

I think so too.

I'll probably snap It again anyway but I'll keep It on my flickr showing I'm learning to use RAW like I did with one of my HDR's.

[snappel]

I agree with Chris that B&W can work well with lots of shadows, but on the whole I'm not a fan. Often B&W shots look a bit plain to me, and I don't really see the point unless you're shooting film and developing it yourself. As such, I prefer the colour version of the picture up there.