Still reworking some old photos. This one is one of the views of Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona taken in May 2013. I’m pleased with both versions but there is just that certain something about monochrome that really brings out and emphasizes the details in some images like this one.
Images by T.Dashfield Photography 
The monochrome is SO COOL. It looks like something out of a movie! Love it! :)-Ashley
Thanks 🙂 Can you just see the old prospector with his mule looking for gold?
Black and White for me.
Thank you 🙂
I like the monochrome also. It does bring out certain features and gives it a crispness lacking in the color version. .
Thanks 🙂 Amazing how something so colorful as this area can take on another look entirely in monochrome.
I do like the crispness of the monochrome, especially against the sky – but my eye keeps going back to the color. Probably because it’s colors I never see in my part of the world?
Really? That is interesting to know..the color part in your world I mean. Each image has it’s own merits 🙂
COLOUR !!!!!!!
Really? 😉
YES !!!
🙂
I prefer the color version. I like the way the black-and-white renders the rock formations themselves, but at least on my monitor the sky in the BW looks off. The detail in the cloud formations has largely disappeared, and the patches of blue sky don’t “read” very clearly. Perhaps you could use a filter or otherwise work with the sky to bring back a bit more detail.
In the color version, I really like the sense of scale and depth, and I like the colors of the formations.
That is the one drawback I have about the BW version, the sky. I wasn’t able to bring out the details there without the rest of the image being overly detailed. I will try your filter suggestion to see if it works and/or just keep playing with it.
I’m still partial to color. 🙂
And that’s good! 🙂
Color! 🙂
Thank you 🙂
cowboys and indians.. i like the B&W,, c
Noted 🙂 I still like the old prospector though.
Color for me. The monochrome version eliminate the detail at the foot of the hill and the sky is way too plain
I really have to figure out how to bring the sky out better in the monochrome version because it is too plain 😦
It’s a tough choice. Both images have their strengths. But on balance, I think I prefer the colour version.
Thank you.
Prefer the B&W. The colour gets in the way of the texture and detail.
Thank you for commenting.
I really like to experiment with monochrome: https://wp.me/p107Dr-1jz
It can give you stunning results and after all, look at Ansel Adams work.
Agreed: the results can be stunning.