should this print be in colour or B&W..opinions please!

[EcoLeica]

what do you think?

 

[erikhaugsby]

In the color version, I feel the vibrant color of the "$5 Sushi" sign draws the eye away from the child; ergo, I prefer the B&W.

 

[tmfabian]

b&w, but then again i'm a b&w photographer so i'm a bit biased.

 

[Al Kaplan]

B&W. The color is jarring and adds nothing to the photograph.

 

[payasam]

B&W. Two clashing colours. But the best thing is for you to look at them side by side, several times, before deciding.

 

[Bassism]

I have to agree with everybody else.

Unless the colour is part of the composition of the photo, I find it mostly serves to distract, as I think it does in this case.

 

[capitalK]

B&W and if it were my image I would crop it 4x5 instead of 4x6 and get rid of the black space to the right of the sign. The added benefit is he's then slightly right of center looking left instead of being left of center looking left.

 

[Rprice]

In the color version, I feel the vibrant color of the "$5 Sushi" sign draws the eye away from the child; ergo, I prefer the B&W.

I second this sentiment in color the sign is vey distracting. Great photo by the way.

 

[amateriat]

Wow...this is a crowd that's hard on agreeing on much, but I'm in with b/w. Simply works better.


- Barrett

 

[bambamphoto]

bw...ditto on crop

jay

 

[craygc]

B&W ...but it need work rather than just conversion

 

[35mmdelux]

B&W due to the sign distraction.

 

[EcoLeica]

cheers for the feedback all! here it is with the crop....im rather fond of this shot now thankyou!

 

[J. Borger]

B&W if you think the boy is most important ..... color if you think the picture is also about the Sushi sign 😉

 

[gavinlg]

BW as you know... just works a bit better. Great shot by the way.

 

[vieri]

Late to the party, but one more vote for BW. Unless the shot will be used by the $5 Sushi place for advertising, that is 😀

 

[capitalK]

cheers for the feedback all! here it is with the crop....im rather fond of this shot now thankyou!

I was worried after making the crop suggestion that you might not appreciate it, considering you didn't ask for it. I'm glad this wasn't the case.

I really like the shot.

 

[John Lawrence]

Another vote for Black and White.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Color! Here, I improved it for you, now it's ready for flickr.

 

[PATB]

It just has the right atmosphere with BW. Great pic!