Critique Required Pugilists. Colour Or Bw?

[Peter Blake]

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the guy throwing the punch is looking for a print and I said why not have have a butchers in BW?

this was a tri-x emulation, which is pretty authentic for the subject

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Tough call - I love B&W boxing shots - has a classic feel

But the red and blue pop so well - and the red ring rope stands out so nicely - I'm voting for color

Looks like you had decent ringside access Peter?

 

[Hamish Gill]

Yeah, colour for me too... It's all in the red and blue

 

[Pete Askew]

And for for me. Brilliantly timed.

 

[Dave Green]

Mono all the way!

 

[Kev Pugh]

I like both but if the highlights in the background were gone then that would probably sell the b&w verion to me

 

[Glenn Clabo]

imho...B&W wins. For me the B&W concentrates my eye to the action. The bright colors are a distraction.

 

[Paul Lange]

Colour for me. I think the shadows work well on the closest boxer for BW but not so much on the second. The colour seems to have more impact if you excuse the pun.

 

[Peter Blake]

Tough call - I love B&W boxing shots - has a classic feel

But the red and blue pop so well - and the red ring rope stands out so nicely - I'm voting for color

Looks like you had decent ringside access Peter?

it was an Executive Fight Night event. bankers bashing each others' brains out. all for charridy. I was providing the ringside shots plus a photobooth. shot on a 14mm, 85mm (this one), and my 400mm.

thanks guys, he went for colour in the end

 

[Tom Dunne]

I think it is surprisingly successful in B/W especially against that black background. The only sacrifice seems to be the ropes. But it also makes it look as though the boxers have totally different skin colour; this is not as strong in the colour version.
So. I would swing towards the colour..

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Whoever chose colour, made a good choice, in my book anyway.