bee on little Dugald

Lovely light and works well in monochrome but, yes, the colour version is stunning! :-)

Thanks Roger

I have to admit the color version works better with this composition. And I very well know we are not supposed to give much "critique" at Saturday Challenge group, but I wonder if it would change anything if the image becomes cropped heavily to show the bee much closer, and use some color filtering on editor to change the tone of colors on B&W image. My personal impression in general is that clear and simple structures and forms work better on monochrome images.

I do agree, Sami, that simple is best for mono, but I just couldn't resist using this particular red image :-) This is already cropped and I just loved the red.

Du hast. mich daran erinnert, dass ich die Farbversion als PIP einfügen wollte. Mir gefällt auch die Farbversion besser. Ich hatte beim Anblick des Schwarzweißbildes eher eine violette Blüte erwartet. Komisch, was das Gehirn so macht.

Thanks Chrissy. Mono is quite odd on flowers sometimes

I really like this on full screen. Of course, being a "red" fanatic, I also prefer the color image but I think it's a good b/w too.

Thanks Karen.

Très beau noir et blanc et rendu !! Et le sujet est super

Thanks Dan

Very nice, Gillian ! Nice light and a fine composition ! And it's good to see the colored version !

I agree with Sami, I prefer the red on this, but I think a little enlightment on the flower just to increase its contrast, but just a little and on the top of the flower would improve it. Nevertheless I like your picture, specially viewed black and in wide screen, we can see all details and that is amazing!

Thanks Xata. I agree with Sami, that simpler compositions work better in B&W :-)

I also agree with Sami as I am also a great fan of color, but your picture is very good in black and white too !! Happy Saturday, Gillian !

Thanks Xata. I agree with Sami, that simpler compositions work better in B&W :-)

The details and structures are beautiful! I agree with the others that the colours version has more "pop".

Thanks Gudrun

Les lumières sont bien conservées par le passage en Noir et Blanc, peut-être même que le contraste est meilleur... Mais la couleur est dans la PiP, comme sur beaucoup de photos de cette semaine

Thanks Balatre

superbes lumières,,

Thanks Anna

yes the color one works better, red and green are contrasting in colors, but about the same tone in b/w, but still a very nice picture

Thanks Wierd

Love both of them Gillian, well done.

Thanks June

I also prefer the color version, but you have still made a great effort converting to B&W, Gillian. Wierd made an excellent observation about green and red looking similar on grayscale; I too was having a difficult time with contrast, so I now realize that it was because my background was a green wall. I had to really fiddle with the color filter slider to create any definition between the wall and tomato.

Thanks Val. I really just went with the flow, converting from colour to B&W with a little contrast applied. It's a busy picture for B&W, but I just loved this rich red :-)

Das Sonnenlicht kommt bei beiden sehr gut zur Geltung.
Fabelhafte Idee und Umsetzung für unser Thema.

I rather like the bw. It’s a fantastic shot.

Wow, the impression of red just disappears in this conversion.