Sepia?

[The_White]

For those out there who use editing, what are your views on this (sepia-ing an image)
Personally I think that it gives most images a certain undefinable quality of coolnes
This shot was taken by me and is my first attempt at a panaramic pic, personally I like the sepiad one better. What do you all think?

 

[Deamiter]

I'd have to say that this isn't a particularly good subject for sepia. Sepia (or grayscale) emphisizes shape and form in light, while colour emphisizes differences in colour). In this picture, there's very little form -- there's not really any subject. In the colour picture, I find myself admiring the beautiful colours against the sky. In sepia, however, my eye keeps getting brought back to the tree in the bottom left corner.

If this were a panorama of a farm, sepia might bring out the light farmhouse or the cattle against the trees where a colour photograph brings out the beautiful colour of the sky. As there's no real subject, I don't think sepia is a good idea here. Of course it's just my opinion in THIS case, but most of my comments apply universally -- not just in this case.

 

[The_White]

hmmmm. That makes sense now that I look closer. Live and learn

 

[Deamiter]

Here's a photo I like in black and white. To be fair, I cut the red channel as a quick and dirty way to fix the contrast (it's a bit overexposed for a quick 1-click black and white) but it turns out all right, and really emphasizes the girl.

 

[BarbaraJean]

I like the black and white of the little girl. I'm eager to find the right subject for a black and white pic and also sepia.

 

[LynneClomina]

the color int he color version sells it for me, awesome. deamiter is right, b/w needs detail, contrast, lighting, etc....

what's the vertical line on the right half of the pictures?

 

[The_White]

That line musta been a cropping error. Good spotting

I guess with the whole thing about the sepia is that I was viewing it as the author not an outside viewer so I was looking at the same things on both. Well live and learn. Thanks for the input all