Blue Monday...opinions wanted

[Carol]

The top image is SoC, no processing at all. The morning sky added a bluish cast to the snow.

The bottom image is processed in black and white.

Which do you all prefer? Blue Monday or Black and White Monday?

 

[girlbug2]

The simple black and white is more sober and thoughtful somehow. The blue picture gives a greater sense of the cold. I generally prefer blue tones, but it really depends on what you wanted to express.

 

[Jade Tigress]

First of all, beautiful shot Carol! I prefer the blue. As GB said, it gives a greater sense of the cold. I also like the "Blue Monday" play. The B&W seems a little more ominous somehow.

 

[Drac]

I like the blue...

 

[Bob Hubbard]

I like them both.

 

[KELLYG]

I like them both but if I had to pick I would pick the blue one.

 

[Sukerkin]

I too think that both shots have merit. The unprocessed one definitely gives a deeper feel of the chill, as others have said, also being the more 'mood' inducing of the two. The processed shot brings out more of the textures and composition, making the trees rather than the snow the element that grabs the attention.

 

[Gordon Nore]

The colour says it all. The B&W reminds me of those cold, damp days of winter when there hasn't been much sun. The photo above it me to mind of brisker brighter days. Both photos reflect moods I feel in winter.

 

[celtic_crippler]

I like the blue one. The B&W seems sorta bleak.

 

[shesulsa]

I, too, like both but side-by-side (or bottom-to-top, as it were) I like the blue.

 

[seasoned]

Great picture from a scenery point of view, and the blue complements that the most.

 

[Jenny_in_Chico]

Blue.

 

[Andy Moynihan]

Awww, and here I was thinking maybe I wasn't the only New Order fan here after all.... ....

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[teekin]

Blue, the B&W seems to be missing something, it is somehow incomplete and so it does not convey the emotion that the untouched photo does. The blue tint coming from the sky and snow lends a solemness, silence and depth to this picture. I can almost feel the land resting, waiting.
lori

 

[Xue Sheng]

First choice is blue
Second choice is Black & White

 

[Carol]

First choice is blue
Second choice is Black & White

Now that's the kind of precision I'd expect from an IT guy

 

[Xue Sheng]

Now that's the kind of precision I'd expect from an IT guy

Could have been worse... I could have given my third and fouth choices... don't forget.. I am not only IT but a Government worker as well