This.

#1 Subject is...

#2 Flat and over-contrasted to the extreme

#4 2nd place imo. Interesting use of perspective and color. A little simple though

#5 More of a snapshot, the bright orange is a little overwhelming and there's no thought required to take in what's being expressed.

#6 Not architecture.

Black and white is a stylistic choice, not some sort of case-solver.

I would say that people who make photos black and white just to pump up the contrast to 11 are the ones who ruin it as a "style"

actually it is if you know anything about colors.
its all a matter of opinion i guess.

I null my vote. Good luck to all the participants!

Indeed. But the same can be said about full color by those standards.
Any type of color-scheme choice (temperature, ect) is appropriate only case-by-case.

but color > gray scale
there are way more colors than there are grays.

and a photo being b/w i find blocks out a lot of details (good or bad) that you wouldnt necessarily see if it was in color.

Same here.

well i am obv different to all

#3 i dont like the composition and framing, i dont think bw works with architecture in most cases

i like #5, yeah its not great by any means but i studied mechanical design and strength of materials etc so i see more architectural design
wouldve been nice if the sun was lower, with longer sun trails running across the floor

#1 snapshot-ish, not sure what th subject was meant to be, and just seems too dull for me

#2 i like the idea and pic, but too much editing as already mentioned

#4 very boring, anyone could take a pic like that

#6 not a fan of the camera angle, and need to see a little more to try and make out what we are looking at

my opinions obv

This post was edited by jayandnix on Apr 1 2011 12:26am

However, black and white can be used to diminish the effect that distracting colors could have, or it could emphasize the lighting and shadows more prominently.