@ColNed Pictures: We'll just have to agree to disagree then because the B&W is much more dramatic in my opinion.
I posted both versions to show how different the mood can be when looking at the same landscape from two distinct perspectives: The B&W image was dark and ominous where as this one suggests a more positive outlook, perhaps of hope and even innocence.
The colours and light are good, but it's the compositon itself that makes this a very interesting one for me. That minimal amout of grass, so carefully included. Looks great!
4 Jul 2007 6:16am
@Andrew Gould: I was in two minds about whether to crop the grass from the bottom of the image, but I decided against it because I thought it gave the image more perspective in its original form; almost as if it connected something very real - the land we stand on - with something quite surreal - a golden tree house looking into the vast sky.
While the B&W is indeed more dramatic of the two but I like this one best because of the lighting and the composition. The B&W version is damn fantastic as well, but the tree and the building were too small for me, even though I think that you were emphasizing the clouds.
4 Jul 2007 6:53pm
@Celialee: You got it in one (or two?). The sky was the drawcard in the B&W and the cubby house the clear winner in this colour version. Thanks again for your comment.