Today I went to visit my little brother at our home home (house we grew up in 
)… I wanted to get (maybe) a few photos for my tilt-shift project, but while I had my camera with me, I took a few “extra” shots as well!!! 
While editing a few, one of them left me indecisive - I couldn’t decide which I like better: Colour or B/W?? Maybe you can help me out…
I am leaning a bit more to the B/W – I like the textures & I think this would look great on a canvas… 
But I’m a colour girl – I just love the colour!! **
Colour for sure! But then I’m a colour person too.
colour! nice photo!
Usually I am all for black & white, but in this case, I love the colour … the relationship between the blue of the water and the greens is really captivating. Having said that … I’d also try a section of the black and white image, enlarged as much as you can to capture the details & texture more closely. That could produce some really nice results, especially with the fine details of the leaves.
Thanks Sydney – I’ll give it a go!!! It makes sense – b/w is all about texture!!
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I vote for the color version, it’s a “happy” photogragh, the B&W is OK, but it looks like a grim, dead photo.
I’ll take “happy” anyday!!!
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I like the colour one, I think it is because of the colour of the water and the contrast of the leaves, they seem to work really well together. That is my thoughts.
It seems everyone was pro-colour!!! But that’s fine – colour is a super choice!!
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Uhmmm…hope that’s not the swimming pool?
I like the colour one better, but to me only a small percentage of photographs look really good in B&W. Maybe, as Sydney said above, if you cropped a bit and used only a section of the whole picture? But I like it -it’s different. 
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Hahaha… yes, that’s the swimming pool!!!
It seems colour wins this one hands down – I’m definitely going to try Sydney’s suggestion!!! If the result look good, I’l post it!! 
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No question in my mind. The colour shot is far more interesting. I do tend to prefer colour shots though
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I’m also more often than not pro colour!!!
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I’m afraid it’s color for me. I like B&W, but for this, color. There is something about the blue….
Aaaahhh – those blues!!! Magic!!
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Color!! Not only do the colors work perfectly together, I don’t feel it works as well in B/W, there is something missing, perhaps not enough shades of grey? Your photos of old churches and buildings in B/W are gorgeous the details and architecture creates all the excitement. In this one the color is stunning
(would be an awesome photo to hang in the bathroom I just tiled. 
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That’s what HWTHB said as well – it needs a couple more shades!!!
Why is it we both thought of bathrooms for this shot!! – great minds?? 
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I see what is missing in the B/W. The leaves could be on a puddle in the road. The depth is lost. In the color you can see down into the water. That’s what creates the interest and the excitement.
Maybe. You know how it is “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” 
True true – I’m going to follow Sydney’s suggestion & zoom into the b/w… hopefully I’ll get a little more texture!!! But I think the depth is forever lost on this shot!!
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The color one for sure!! Awesome photo!
Tough choice! I think it depends on where you would want to hang it. I love both.
I’m not going to be much help since I love both versions.
I’m torn, both are fantastic but I think B&W edges it sor me especially if it’s going to be a hung print.
Aaaah, thanks Mr Bunny Chow!!! you are the first to be pro b/w!!! Hahaha – thanks!!
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I’m odd like that
Both look great Xandre! But I really love the color version. It’s such a vibrant contrast
Another one for color … no that B&W isn’t pleasing … It’s just that it’s quite a pool of contrasting colors in a pool Hehe
Hahaha… thank Rommel!!! Love the pun!!
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Add me to those voting for color – the two dominant colors really go well together. Also, on the B&W one, the leaves in front, which come out almost black, weigh down the picture.
Colour it is then!!! I think I’m going to try something different with the b/w… maybe I’ll get a different result!! Thanks Joe!!
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I think the colour has the edge. Really good shot.
both are terrific shots, just in different perspectives.
I like both, and my first instinct was to say color, but in looking at the b&w i like that one too. But I’m going to stick with my gut and vote color.