Which one looks better? Advice requested please

[dude163]

I forgot my tripod the other night for the fireworks, so i was taking pics of ppl and such , I managed to get a semi decent handheld shot of my daughter backlit using ISO 12800 , it was almost pitch black outside and manually focussing my 50mm f1.4 was a pain , however, I was wondering which is the better version here of one of the few shots that was close to being in focus;

the colour




or the B+W

[shauttra]

I think BW is better, because here picture looks grainy, not noisy, like in colour

[kuuan]

I agree, the B&W
and dude, you are using a K-x. Did you use - enlarged - live view for focusing? In these circumstances it really helps!

[dude163]

Kuuan , no I didnt , I was using the viewfinder and it was almost impossible to focus!

I learned a lot about my camera however and a lot about night photography so it wasnt a wasted trip


Live view would have been a better option for sure, I keep forgetting about that, but I am not aware how to enlarge the LV .


thanks for the tips, I was thinking the same, at very high ISOs , the K-X looks like it has film grain , especially in B+W

[kuuan]

[dude163]

Awesome!


Thanks very much!!!!

[N]

Too much noise in colour, but it looks really good in B&W =)