In article .com,
Savageduck says...

What on earth is wrong with B&W?

There are times that color can be the correct choice, and others when it
doesn?t work for a particular subject and style. It is all up to the
photographer, and ultimately one should accept that taste in not a uniform
concept.

The question is if these images would have won the contest if they had
not been processed to look old.
--
Alfred Molon

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