This photo (and the story behind it) is posted on Monochromia. A different view of this book, processed in color, is in my After-Before Friday Week 18 post. I really have had a hard time deciding which version I like better (I do love the touch of red), so I thought it would be fun to try PollDaddy and let you decide!
Visual Venturing 
I voted and look forward to hearing the result of the poll 🙂
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Ah, so you’re not going to tell us how you voted, huh, Laurie? 😉 Well …. B&W is the winner, by 2 to 1. Okay, it was a small sample – only 21 people voted. Nevertheless, it’s another feather in the cap for B&W lovers 😀 So, spill it; which button did you check??
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B&W!! and I’m not one who always chooses monochrome over color. The B&W just seemed to fit this and gave the book the focus it deserved!
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Great POV. Definitely the B/W is my preference. I found the red a tad distracting. 🙂
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Thanks for voting, Loredana! Seems you’ve sided with the winning side 🙂
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I prefer the colour one as well, Stacy. It lifts the book out of the photo and that splash of colour is so eye catching. Next to any dark text, it would look really wonderful.
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Alas, Hugh, the color version has sunk in the ranks 😦 But I really do appreciate you voting in the poll. It was fun (and educational) to learn the different reasons behind everyone’s choices!
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A great shot! I like the B&W too. 🙂
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Thanks, Lisa! You’re among good company 🙂
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Ooh, tough one because I liked both and I went back and forth for awhile. But went for B&W in the vote.
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Along with 13 others, for the win 🙂
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In their own ways, both are eye-catching. I voted for the b&w image in the end just because it strikes me as the medium that best suits a thick, hard covered book of indeterminate age…… In the end it is just lovely to look at an open book and see it as if for the first time – full of promise 🙂
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Oh, what a wonderful comment, Pauline. Thank you! You opened my eyes to seeing the choice in a new light, and I have to say I can now, without second thought, cast my vote for the B&W as well 🙂 I love your description of an open book too – you’ve perfectly put into words the exact emotion I feel as I sit down with a new book. How I do love to read!
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Hows that neck and neck so far almost… personally I love the B&W which highlights the texture and number of pages without the distraction of the red binder. Sorry Stacy I know you liked the red! Wonderful pov. You are
so good at these kind of shots with angles and perspectives that not one else would think of employing 🙂
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Hey, Karen! You’ve sided with the majority 🙂 As I said, I had a really hard time deciding, so the poll was fun. As for the angles and perspectives, you give me way too much credit – being stuck indoors just leads to photographing all kinds of crazy and fun things 😀
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BW for sure
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You’re definitely in the majority, Victor 🙂 Thanks for chiming in!
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Very welcome Stacy !!
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I liked your color one better from earlier today.
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Thanks, Cee, for casting your vote! Now, four days into the poll, the B&W is ahead, 14 votes to 7. Granted, a small sample, but there you go 😉
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