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Eastbourne pier.
I find that sometimes converting a colour photo into a black and white photo can save what would have been binned
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I’ve always preferred B & W over colour, especially with early colour film when true representation was more chance than good quality film.
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I find that clouds in B/W look better usually
I like black and white pictures…
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I’m afraid I do not like black & white at all.
To me it always looks so cold and barren and almost sinister in some snaps.
When we see things with our own eyes, we don’t see in black and white do we, we see the true colours, so why try to take that all away? Why do some photographers want to lose the natural effect?
Nah. Not for me at all, thanks.
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What you say is correct as far as goes but in photography terms it is different. The eye sees in a brief moment, whereas a photo is locked into what the lens sees . Thereby the availability to alter a photo is possible. Should one then wish to see in B/W a photo makes this possible the eye can’t.
RS, believe it not, I do understand we cannot alter our vision to black and white!
I believe your original question was which do we prefer - b/w, or colour?
So I told you which i prefer, and why.
I am not interested in the technicalities, because it wont change the fact i dont like black and white and never have done. 
Eastbourne wouldn’t use the first on their poster,would they?
Exactly, Smiffy.
To me that looks cold, drab, and uninviting.
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I sometimes like black and white pictures better but in this particular picture I prefer the colour. I’m with Mups on this, the black and white one looks dark, dreary and miserable.
They were just an example
I prefer colour in a photo as well, but some shots could be more dramatic in B&W stark trees in a Winter landscape for example…
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I’m with Tiff … it depends what I’m looking at … and what the subject is.
Black and white can be very atmospheric … especially for wild weather or wintry shots. Or sepia for old family photos.
But flowers, it has to be colour.
Remember the film Schindler’s List … that was so effective because it was black and white with a little girl in a red coat.
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I prefer the black and white one. Looks all dramatic and moody.
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It depends what mood you want to portray…its amazing how changing the picture to black and white totally changes the mood from what looks like a sunny day to a stormy ominous one…
Which to like best?
I like the black and white version…not sure why…it just looks more interesting to me.
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I feel you lose so much with Black and White photographs. I’ve watched recoloured Black and white films on YouTube and enjoy them far more.
I also watch music videos on YouTube from a subscriber, Soundeo, who switches from colour to B/W in the videos of young women with the music in the background. I much prefer the colour parts where the blondes are blonde not shades of grey.
I agree; much more atmospheric.
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In photography I have always been a fan of B/W. I feel you get more emotion from a B/W photo vs color. IMHO 
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