Lucky Bamboo

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Lucky Bamboo

Postby Justin on Sun Apr 20, 2008 1:47 am

A lovely light through the kitchen window. Please, the other crap on there - I may re-shoot tomorrow without it.

But the main q is colour or B&W

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Re: Lucky Bamboo

Postby Joshman on Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:51 am

i would definitely choose the colour pic.

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Re: Lucky Bamboo

Postby rangie on Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:48 am

I certainly think the bamboo needs to be colour, I think it loses too much contrast with the background in the B&W conversion. It would be interesting to see the background in black and white and the bamboo in colour. Otherwise, it shows that it is easy to find an interesting shot around the home!
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Re: Lucky Bamboo

Postby Mr Darcy on Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:47 pm

B/G B/W Bamboo Colour
It would be nice to lose the Window sash(?) behind the plant oo.
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Re: Lucky Bamboo

Postby Oneputt on Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:55 pm

OK I'll go against the trend, I like the B&W but yes loose the other crap. The reason I like the B&W is because it suits the older style of timber windows, however I would like to see a little more contrast. To me the plant is not the focal point so the fact that it is not in colour does not bother me. :D
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Re: Lucky Bamboo

Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:48 pm

I prefer the black and white too, keeps it simple!
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