better in black and white

here's the parkette from the corner angle. thankfully there was not a lot of people tonight so it was a breeze to do some photographing. partner did not like the dog and person on the left, but i thought they gave a feeling of reality to the setting.

i have actually passed by this parkette so many times but i never paid mind to it until i started doing this photography thing. and i could actually see the beauty in the displays.

if you are so inclined, please view a different angle of the tree and the parkette, in colour: http://365project.org/summerfield/365-again/2012-12-16

thank you for your views and comments; they are much appreciated.

[Anne ❀]

could be a greeting card. lovely night shot

[Sally Ings]

Beautiful, love how the lights seem to pop out.

[Caroline]

Wonderful composition and lights.

[cheryl]

beautiful in Black and white!

[bkb in the city]

Looks very good in black and white I like people in some of my shots although in this one I think I would have wanted them out of it

[Abhijit]

this is awesome, like your processing

[summerfield]

@sunnygreenwood - why, thank you, anne. very kind of you.

@salza - thank you, sally. i find myself processing some of my shots in black and white (in camera) just to see how well a place photographs. although i love colourful lights, i must admit some look better in black and white and to me this is one of those shots. i think i might do a month of black and white in january. might.

[summerfield]

@carolinedreams - thank you, caroline.

@cheribug - i do think so, too! thank you, my cheribug.

[summerfield]

@bkbinthecity - looking at it now, yes, i know what you mean. luckily, i do have a shot of the same angle after the dog walker has gone through. thank you, brian.

@abhijit - just a simple conversion in camera. i'm starting to like black and white now. thank you, ab.

[Laraine Kensicki]

beautiful in both b&w and color - i might like the color a tad better

[Camille Bisson]

i like them both - although, and i am surprising myself by saying this as i am such a fan of b&w, in this case, i prefer the color version.

[Chris]

Congratulations - a super shot. I might have been tempted to Photoshop out the lamp but I know many have strong views about such behaviour. I really like the composition.

[Carolyn Sue]

very dramatic!!

[summerfield]

@eniaral - thank you, laraine.

@catsmeowb - hey, you're back! i think the colour version is more attractive because these are Christmas decors and we always associate colours with Christmas. thank you, camille.

[summerfield]

@gooner46 - wow, thank you, chris. i, in fact, tried to clone out the lamp but maybe because i'm not good with it that it turned out crappy so i just as soon gave up.

@cscecil - thank you, CS.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I like the b/w! You can get that light out of there- you just have to make the brush smaller and be a little patient with it. I know that's a tall order for you, isn't it? (o:

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@summerfield January? I thought you said February.

[Pam Hawkes]

Very pretty! This looks cool in black and white.

[summerfield]

@olivetreeann - february, ann. that reply there is quite old. so it's black and white february.

[summerfield]

@olivetreeann - thank you, ann. i tried to clone it out but it looked real weird!

[summerfield]

@pamfromcalgary - thank you, pam.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@summerfield Yes- with one selective coloring day on the 14th.

[summerfield]

@olivetreeann - yup!