Updated colour version of an oldie

[dubaiphil]

It's too hot for photography now, so I thought I'd revisit a few old shots and try to reprocess.

This is one of my favourites which I've always like the black and white conversion, but could never get the original colour shot looking how I wanted.

Nikon D700 + 85mm f1.4D @ f2.8

[Mike Buckley]

This is very nice but I still prefer your black-and-white version because it helps me concentrate on the subjects' faces and patterns formed by their bodies.

[kdoc856]

I like your colour processing very much, but the B&W was just a stunner. Tough to be fair to the runner-up after you've seen the Grand Champion.

[Donald]

Phil

It would be good to put the B & W, or a link to it, into this thread so that newer members who did not see could could easily access it.

I think Kevin captures my thoughts very well - "Tough to be fair to the runner-up after you've seen the Grand Champion."

[dubaiphil]

Thanks guys - here's the b&w version. I was glad to find the original RAW file on my laptop hard drive, after some of my external storage was wiped out, so I thought I'd give the original a new spin.