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Photographs by Timothy S. Allen 
This one, the eye follows the fence toward the trees without being distracted, where as the colour one confuses my eye.
The colour version would make a very good ‘large print’ the B&W works at any size.
Just my two penn’orth.
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David, thank you. I really appreciate you looking at the two photographs and choosing. Your comment about the wooden support structures are excellent. I agree. B&W simplifies. Again, thank you.
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I said fence when infact I should have said wooden supports. 🙄
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Got it.
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I like the black and white one better.
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Thank you. I really appreciate you looking at the two photographs and choosing.
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My preference is the colour version. For me the contrast between the brown supports and vine-stems versus the yellows and greens gives depth to the picture. The eye follows the dark traces. In the B&W representation the luminance of wood, shrubs, vines and background are very (too ??) similar. For me this makes the picture looking a bit flat. Would a bit more (local) contrast make a difference?
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Jim, thank you so much for your insightful comments. They have helped me focus my eye more closely on the issues that you raised. I did notice that the histogram for the B&W was missing quite a bit of highlights and I expanded them. It brightened the image. I’ll work on the selected contrast. Again, thank you.
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Good job Tim. Now I must admit that I prefer the B&W.
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Thank you Jim
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