Some opinions please

Ricky91t

Well I'm going through some images and just need some opinions i want to print a few possibly to frame etc and wondering which are better

Firstly this(not the image just the only one with ok-ish colours but they are from the same event)

Would it be better in colour or black and white?(Lightroom edit)

And this?

Or this?


Also open to different editing suggestions,Cheers

Borderfox

Love the third but lose the vignette as it darkens it too much, first one you are losing some of his foot, me personally that would be enough to bin it or crop tighter

Ricky91t

Borderfox wrote: »

Love the third but lose the vignette as it darkens it too much, first one you are losing some of his foot, me personally that would be enough to bin it or crop tighter

Thanks for that,

As i said first image isn't the actual image I'm going to use but just one from the same set with the correct colours and a bit of noise reduction

mloc

I prefer the colours of the second to be honest. Very good panning btw!

Ballyman

I prefer the first bike image. The colours would look better printed than the second one I would imagine. They're both pretty good though so wouldn't complain with either if I was given them.

Pigwidgeon

DIT portfolio next week too?
i like the second bike one but agree to have less vignette in it.

paulkellypix

I really like number 3 - the desaturation works well.

Vignetting is probably a little much - but you can trim that back.

Superb panning - hard to get right but you've captured this perfectly.

Meh! - not liking number 1 at all.

Paul

Ricky91t

kateos2 wrote: »

DIT portfolio next week too?
i like the second bike one but agree to have less vignette in it.

No sadly I'm too late for that

oshead

I like the first bike shot too. The highlights in the second bike shot look a bit too bright. 1+ for dropping the vignette. As Keith said, bin the first one or crop in tighter, maybe portrait mode.

Dave OS

sNarah

Same here really, I prefer the 1st bike, the second one has a bit too much going on for me... +1 Meh for the rugby one, but then again I don't like rugby in general !

stcstc

i like the bike ones

agree with keith about the vinegtting on the last bike one

the other shot you are loosing to much of the guy on the right i think

the bike ones would look good black mounted rather than framed too

Ricky91t

I've already said,i'm asking if rugby shots in general would look better in B&W or colours and also said take no notice of the rugby shot i posted (technically) as it's only the colour you have to look at...
Thanks though

Stcstc and snarah
I've run out of "thanks" but thanks

sNarah

hehe, not a bother... For the rugby ones I would say colour... I think somehow they stand out more with bright colours reflecting the "harshness" of the sport...

challengemaster

Hmm...tough one dude.

I like the orange in 2, but the desaturation of 3 of the rider... damnit! Defo lose some of the vignette though.

As for the rugby...hard one to call. There's so many ways you can B&W a shot.. really needs to be compared. Personally I'd say, I haven't seen any stunning B&W rugby shots thus far, so I'd prefer colour, however one stunning one could come along and change that view quite quickly...

AnCatDubh

Really like #3 ricky. Ok, the vignetting is a little heavy but love the processing on it / desaturation of the colours. Well done.

I'm no sports photographer but I wonder is #1 better with or without the furthest right player - perhaps it would remove to much of the context of the shot that you have. Anyway others will be far better able to advise on that.