Mr & Mrs - Colour or Mono .... or neither

[TheLaird]

Which version or neither?
Any other editing ideas ?

 

[pcs]

I prefer the colour one, maybe try the b&w with more contrast/gritty.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Color for me! The color of the eyes and the mane are pretty striking against the skin tone.

 

[milo]

yup, color wins by just a little bit

 

[Pantry42]

Colour for sure.

 

[Archibald]

Color for me too. Color almost always wins in nature photos.

 

[Redlegrangerone]

I will be different. B&W for me. It does look a little soft to me though.

 

[MakisM1]

Color, you might wish to crank up the saturation a tad...

 

[didgit]

I'm a sucker for b&w I feel it has more detail and I don't get distracted by the background colours

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Color almost always wins in nature photos.

That’s what I think too.
Colour for me.

 

[gaabnz]

Colour for me on this one, but I do like it in black and white too

 

[boomer1959]

Which version or neither?
Any other editing ideas ?

View attachment 1357View attachment 1358

I like them both and agree that colour should always rule in wildlife shots, I think as it stands for me the black and white edges in favour. Perhaps if you punch up the colour one, contrast, saturation, and sharpen, just a little on each, the colour would be my pick.

 

[icee]

Colour for me too.

 

[576photography]

Colour for me.

 

[Kenny]

Colour all the way. It is natural looking.

 

[Golfecho]

Not sure how different it would be from the color, but have you considered a sepia treatment? Might give it a aged photo look . . .

 

[i-G12]

Color!

 

[Gav.]

Colour for me.

 

[gjl711]

Color for me. B/W is nice but brings nothing to the image. The colors are almost mono-chromatic anyway.

 

[DavidWatts]

Color for me. Seems to have more depth and spirit, even if it the same photo.