Color or 'non-color' ?

Morrisseeee

While messing with LR 3 Beta's new presets, I used one of them, can't remember its name, to get the 'non-color' effect.
The photo was done in my kitchen, using a frying pan full of water, and the only lights in use were the kitchen halogen lights, no flash, and I used some books (and my hands!!) to get rid of some unwanted reflections/highlights !! The flower is off a cactus (or something:o).
Which one do ye prefer ?

DaireQuinlan

'non-color' (or non-colOUR because we're not all yanks)

Has someone gone and renamed black and white ?

Chorcai

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

'non-color' (or non-colOUR because we're not all yanks)

Has someone gone and renamed black and white ?

meeoww...

OT

Both but I like the B&W.

Morrisseeee

Has someone gone and renamed black and white ?

Yeah, me, have you got a problem with that ?

I was going to call it black-&-white, but......I was trying to remember the actual preset in LR, but seeing as I don't have it to hand, I called it......'non-color' :cool: or is monotone a better word !

Paulw

I actually love the colour version.

Nice pict.

Dodgykeeper

No Contest its the Multi-tone(TM) for me!

DaireQuinlan

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Yeah, me, have you got a problem with that ?

Why yes, yes I do, sir !

Now if you'll excuse me I have to off and take some multi-tone heliographs using my opti-capturer.

Hmpfff.

-edit- I note that DK robbed my hilarious joke, and took the precaution of using his chrono-wrangler to make it look as though he'd written it first ! That CAD !

Koushki

I prefer the coloured version, but the other non-colour one is just as beautiful.

great shot by the way

trishw78

I prefer the colour version.

*Mental Note* I must rob a glass table from someplace

PopeBuckfastXVI

Prefer the colour, pops out way more then the desaturated one...

Trev M

Great pic , I like the colour one myself. Nice idea for a shot

fuzzywuzzy1

they are both lovely. can't choose a favourite. i reckon they would look fantastic hanging on a wall.:)

AnCatDubh

Both really nice. Colour if a gun was put to the head.

/did he say something about a frying pan

Slidinginfinity

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Both really nice. Colour if a gun was put to the head.

Exactly!

Morrisseeee

Cheers folks, I think the color just about wins it. The experiment started off by trying to catch a splash of water!, but then the experiment gradually progressed to a leaf and then to this flower !

/did he say something about a frying pan

I think he did !

trishw78

Morrisseeee wrote: »

Cheers folks, I think the color just about wins it. The experiment started off by trying to catch a splash of water!, but then the experiment gradually progressed to a leaf and then to this flower !

I think he did !

Don't you just love those kinda experiments

Reoil

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Has someone gone and renamed black and white ?

It's not black and white

DaireQuinlan

Reoil wrote: »

It's not black and white

---> Hands pedant-stick to Reoil ---->

Fajitas!

So is that a duotone or a sepia image?


Arf

:pac:

Fwiw, I prefer the second - But I'd burn out the stem in the background. I'd nearly prefer it without any toning, or with much much less - And you could afford a wee bit more contrast in parts to bring out the texture that bit more. Don't be afraid of the dark side.

Morrisseeee

No its a new thing, its tritone, black & white & some-other-tone ! :rolleyes:

Fwiw, I prefer the second - But I'd burn out the stem in the background. I'd nearly prefer it without any toning, or with much much less - And you could afford a wee bit more contrast in parts to bring out the texture that bit more.

Thanks, I'll give that a go

Don't be afraid of the dark side

They don't call me 'prince of darkness' for nothing ! I actually did very little processing on them, apart from a crop & hitting the 'auto' preset thingy, so I'll re-visit them tonight.