B&W integrity question

[Lester Wareham]

I have been booted out of a few groups for posting this Flower picture. It was processed in B&W and I tinted it with color grading with a bit of blue to soften it up.

is it wrong to consider it B&W? Is sepia wrong also? or is it some people are just 100% over the top of being purists?

Here is both versions of the image, tell me what do you think and which one you prefer.

5W2A6180-Edit-2-2 by Joseph Colozzo, on Flickr

B&W macro flower by Joseph Colozzo, on Flickr

I think some say B+W when the mean monochrome, other really mean B+W.

But for me sepia toning is a valid technique, I often used it in the chemical printing period.

Best thing is to check the thread intention in the first post.

 

[bigdave]

i found B&W groups to be the most anal of any i found, my shots were B&W with no tones, sepia etc etc and they still moaned as id not actually taken them in the first instance in camera as B&W but had converted them from a colour shot even though you can not tell the difference...their loss i just left the groups

 

[West Coast Birder]

i found B&W groups to be the most anal of any i found, my shots were B&W with no tones, sepia etc etc and they still moaned as id not actually taken them in the first instance in camera as B&W but had converted them from a colour shot even though you can not tell the difference...their loss i just left the groups

There are groups dedicated to B&W photography? Lol...

 

[ShipleyNW]

There are groups dedicated to B&W photography? Lol...

Yeah, but it's like college football. There's no commissioner overseeing all the conferences. Everybody plays by their own rules.