Black and White or Colour

Sometimes when we see something, we know it will not come out nice in colour. Either the colour is very contrasting, or similar tone, not saturated etc. Let us remember that when taking a picture in colour, colour is an important element. If somehow the colour is not the attraction, we can consider converting the colour into B/W.

Once in B/W, the eye will automatically focus attention on light and shadow, on shapes instead of colour. You may see a totally different picture.

This picture of the wall is mixed with confusion, the dirt created an irregular pattern, the greenish dirt echo the green grass, the whole picture becomes very "noisy" and not so pleasing to the eye.

With some cropping and converted to B/W, the focus is now on the wall, which is the subject matter. The green grass no longer becomes a distraction. The dirt on the wall becomes a pattern. This is what I wanted when the picture was taken - to show the wall.