Colour / Black&White

Jenna and two poppies 1

I adore poppies, as you probably know. Recently the heavens sent me a huge armful of wilted poppies, and I became richer by several bouquets of this precious photography prop.

This is my third (and I swear it won't be my last!) portrait shoot with poppies. The question "color or monochrome: which is better" here becomes huge... this time I could not decide. Will continue editing and making a choice with other takes.

Я обожаю мак, как вы наверное знаете. Недавно небеса послали мне огромную охапку высохших стеблей этого растения, и я стал богаче на несколько букетов этого ценного реквизита для фотографирования.

Это уже третья (и не последняя) фотосессия с маком. Проклятый вопрос "цвет или монохром" встает с новой силой... здесь я не смог выбрать что лучше, буду продолжать редактировать и делать выбор.

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location:	St.Petersburg, Russia	August 2026	natural light
camera/lens:	Canon 5dm3	Sigma 150mm	raw-conv
t 1/160	f/2.8	ISO 1000

All images taken by me, copyright (c) @qwerrie

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Comments · 5

@visualshots(69)· 5h
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@hiddenblade(79)· 17h
The monochrome looks nice, though I wouldn't necessarily say better than the other one. I think the monochrome one looks "too harsh" for the highlights that it reminds me of horror-style photographs, or probably because of the somewhat greenish tone.

The first one gives kinda a film vibe and I think that suits it better. But still it depends on what you're going for. :D
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@solrac2991(53)· 18h
I think the black and white version gives the poppies a completely different character. The color one is beautiful, but in B&W there’s something more raw and timeless about the image. Honestly, I wouldn’t want to choose either. 😄🌺
@pixresteemer(71)· 19h
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