Originally posted by Khashoggi I think you did some good to put it into b/w. Seems like they're listening all well to something. Would've kept my camera a bit lower or at least removed a bit more of the trees on the background with photoshop.
But the main problem with those kind of things you often need to take some quick photo's or the subject has changed.
I got goose bumps when I did the b/w conversion. The photo (and others) were just more powerful in b/w. Not that they weren't powerful in color, but something about the b/w made the seriousness of the occasion stand out more than color could - like it made you focus on what was important instead of extraneous details. I dunno, LOL... that's just the way it felt to me.
I did crop down the trees. But, cropping any further down would have shortened the dominant vertical planes of the photo too much and weakened the overall composition, IMO.
Thanks for your feedback!