Colour or mono?

I'm not usually in a quandary about this sort of thing but I cant decide which I prefer.

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Ken
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Colour for me, it shows off those creepy statues and their olde worlde clothes better

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Personally I prefer the mono. The colours do not seems (IMHO) to contribute much to the image.

Best wishes, Kris.

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Hmmm - I'm staying out of this one though I'll admit to preferring the colour one because I like the lion's head better in colour

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I think colour as it helps to define the reflections. The B&W has a montage feel about it. IMHO.

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Colour for once. There's more depth and interest in that one.

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I think if it were my pic I would have a go at converting all of it to mono (including the writing on the window),except for the reflection of the sky in the window, which I would leave in colour...it would make the wistful looks on the statues' faces even more poignant.

I would also crop a little off the left hand side, losing the window frame and the partial head, and crop the dark rectangle off the top.

Nice image by the way!!!

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desaturated colour

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Thanks for the comments, colour it is then.

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Ken
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Good choice Ken.

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Aiki

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Yep, colour.

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Colour for me too. It seems to have greater depth.
David

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