This is a photograph from Santa Fe which I recently began printing in black and white. In the earlier color version (link below), I was hearing too much of a “southwestern accent”…adobe walls…turquoise trim.
Perhaps the point of the picture was getting a little drowned out by color.
Canon G 10/August 2011
https://johntodaro.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/lovers-quarrel/lovers-quarrel-2/
JOHN TODARO 
I like the B&W better too. Yes it’s a bit more mysterious. (?) I also find the the lightbulb a bit distracting in the color version, but not in this one. (?) I think, anyway. My two cents in the pot! I like this one. 🙂
Thanks for your comment Rose — your currency is highly valued! 😉
Nicely observed! The b/w works really well! 🙂
thanks!
No worries! 🙂
I like them both – they seem to serve different functions. The B&W is my favourite though for its symbolism and the dominance of that great grey.
thanks Richard. I suppose the different functions are sort of like two very different ways to play the same song.
i’d opt for the b&w version, too. great shot!
much appreciated, Peter.
The situation seems more difficult to deal with in N&B… I like this shot better. One person seems obstinate, the other more hopeful. Very interesting to imagine.
Really good observation about the “couple” …I don’t think I’d quite found those words yet.
Very interesting! I do like both. I like how in colour, the blue is reflected in the mans features, and the woman is all in orange – to me this really highlights the looking out and the staying in – the quarrel? Cold/hot? The black and white seems more melancholic, and strangely the expressions more intense..
You’ve made an excellent case for both–with very coherent comments (and I agree–the “quarrel” somehow seems more intense in monochrome).
Thanks Cath.
bellissima, questa è molto molto affascinante…sarà per il bianco e nero? tu preferisci il colore?
Grazie. In un primo momento ho preferito il colore, poi cambiato la mia mente in bianco e nero.
Penso che la versione a colori è distrazione, poiché l’immagine racconta una “storia”.
Ciao. John
Sì, penso che il bianco e nero permetta di entrare dentro la storia, addentrarsi, comprendere meglio anche l’ispirazione dello scatto.
A presto.
Grazie. Accetto.