Black and white for sure.

The gray one I prefer

i find the colour distracting; b&w for me.

The Blue... the loved the tones..
Fantastic pictures,

I really liked the black & white better. Both were nice though.

-Jimmy

i think i like the colored version better! but the b&w version looks also cool!

Hi
The colored one feels better I think
Nice picure !

I prefer B&W one.

I like the b/w version. Structures and sky make bigger impact in b/w IMO :) BTW this is my first comment on your site. I have been a subscriber for over an year now. Terrific photos.I found your photography to be quite inspirational and I have learned couple things mostly concerning composition and perspective.

i would choose the B&W one, The blue from the low light situation in the color image ain't something i like.

B&W looks like a very old picture. They are old school. The color seems a little more modern. But too dull.
On the color version, I am attracted by the reflection on the windows of a building left. This disturbs me and blocked me for reading the image. I can not go further than the parking.
On the B&W, I see the whole image, the reflection, then I continue until the background.
So I prefer the B&W.
:) But all your pictures are amazing !

(Sorry for my english) Bye.

b/w definitely !

I prefer the black & white version

Blue

What is funny is that I just was asking myself which one I prefered...I really love black and white photos generally, but here, I spontaneously prefered the coloured one.
Can't explain why, it's more the result of a impression.

And I love all your cliches, I come here every morning, and it gives me inspiration for the day...

Sorry for the english and the not so elaborate vocabulary, but I'm french.

personally i like the b/w version better all in all. in the color shot, the sky does provide a better contrast to the city though. both shots win!

Hmmm. Tough one. The sky in the B&W shot looks great; like you used an IR filter. But the buildings look a little flat. The colour of the buildings in the second shot defines them better, but the sky is less dramatic... on balance I prefer the colour.

I think to prefer the black&white version

I like the black and white. In color, with that sky, the range of colors is small enough that it doesn't jump out as much. In black and white the details really begin to emerge. Plus: It looks timeless.

DEFINITELY the color version! Very nice!

i'm a huge fan of black and white, i almost always have rolls of ilford kicking about in my bag somewhere but this shot is definitely better in colour.

I prefer the black and white - the colors seem a bit muted.

I like the black and white better.

me, i'd like to go with black and white. it feels stronger and the way clouds standing out, i just love it!

I'm not quiet sure (as they are both great) but right now I prefer the colour one. It has such a mystic blue...

But I could change my mind in a couple of hours ;-)

Sunny greetings from Germany! caro

I like the patterns and textures in the B&W one, but I also like how the color brings out more depth in the other one...

I'm leaning more towards the B&W version

I like the "metallic feel" of the color version best.

I dunno if you agree, but the way Toronto is presented here is pretty moody. At first I thought the black and white was really moody. Then I looked at the subdued colour on the 2nd version, and that is even moodier. So colour version for me. Definitely

well both of them look absolutely fantastic ... I amazed by the quality of LX3 and I think each (colored of b&w) has its own effect depending on how you present them ... but if you asked me I like the colored one because of this interesting color range ...

well both of them look absolutely fantastic ... I amazed by the quality of LX3 and I think each (colored of b&w) has its own effect depending on how you present them ... but if you asked me I like the colored one because of this interesting color range ...

I prefer the blue, as it shows so much of detail in it.. Great work as usual :)

Cheers,
~Antony

I better like b&w version.

the blue...i think it gives more feel to the shot. and if its cityscaped involved, i think thats what it needs.

Personally, I like the color version. Going to Toronto for a month in July ... looking forward to it! Cheers, Dion.

colored.

I like blue.

Nice work! I prefer the color version. You can see the reflections and some of the detail better.

i vote for color. subtle.

I would personally chose the black and white, it seems more profound to me, and you can better feel the contrast between the lightest and darkest tones of the buildings.

I like the blue better. Toronto is grey enough in the winter!

I prefer the color. The B&W seems a bit dark and might look better a bit lighter more like the color, but I think the color gives better detail by the color variations.

I love the color version. Of course, I think your color processing style is gorgeous so it was an obvious choice for me.

i like colored version more.

B&W is always more dramatic and gritty, but I get more information from the colour shot, time of day and the reflection on the building is much more pronounced.It is a cool distant blue.

Black and White looks better to me :)

I am leaning more towards the color one. I like the blues and it seems to be more *ahem* 'contrasty' The sky in the BW is slightly more dramatic, hard to decide here, but the overall tone is more somber on the color. I suggest you call it 'wednesday morning'

I like the colour better. i love the blue tints.

B&W. The color version is pretty near monochrome anyway. Good image.

Black and white.

I like the color one better. In this case the black and white seems very drab to me. Nice shot, regardless.

hi i'm just blog walking and see what you've done.
mmm.. i prefer the black and white one
(if you ask me to decide) :P

i like the treatment on the colour version better.

i prefer the colour version here

I'm a sucker for t hat blk and wht, the balance of the brights in the sky and darks of the city. As usual nice shot

I'm partial to the B&W myself. It seems that the LX3 really excels in the dynamic B&W, but that aside I think there is more of a broody atmosphere in the shot as opposed to the softer colours in the colour version (which is also a great shot)

B&W definitely! But both are nice :D

both of them are fantastic

I am partial to the B&W. B&W to me is classy.

Color!

B&W. Definitely.

COLOUR!!! 100%.

tough, but color maybe.

It's a nice shot either way. I like the color more though.

colored is better

The black and white, definitely. It's more evocative. Love your site, I check it religiously every day. Congratulations on your recent arrival, and keep up the fantastic work!

The B&W is my preference. It brings the buildings together while emphasizing the lighter shades allowing the eye to dart around the photo.

Both are nice. I love mood the black exudes better though.

black and white is better for sure Sam. Good shot!

I like the blue photograph. I think the shading of light and colour in the sky is more effective in blue. Also the reflections are clearer in the blue photo. I like B/W photos, but not in this case. Barbara M

Definitely the black and white. Something stark and lonely about it.

The top looks like a scene of of Batman, a bit scarey and beautiful in that way; the bottom is beautiful and peaceful. So...my vote depends on what you're going for. Did you adjust exposure compensation or just ISO?

black and white.
I like it(Y)

The colour one does it for me.

I prefer greyscale in the majority of the picture. However, in the bottom left - especially in the reflections on that building, I like the color.

B/W

The black and white is better. It makes the photo look more old-fashioned and historic in my opinion. Although the sky is nice in color. Black anad white is much better.

b&w

Definitely the color version

I like the b&w, the clouds look more ominous.
And it makes the city seem...
somehow unreal, which is pretty neat

Lovely conversion! B/W 4 me!

ooo. moody blues for me.

I read some of the comments and got some ideas, but still, I prefer the color one because the B&W is kinda reminds me of the era of industrialization (50s) and Toronto is not that! On the other hand the blue is a nice blue.

وقتي سياه و سفيد هست ، براي رنگ هم رويي هست ؟!؟
حتماً سياه و سفيد

...
~~~***Ar@GoL***~~~

I prefer the Black and white version.

the black and white is beautiful, but i can't get over the band of clouds just above the buildings in the colour image. nice pic!

the color version has a nice blue tone to it.

both. each one with different sensations.

I surprise myself but prefer the colour version this time. Varied tones of blue rather than just shades of gray make it more interesting to my eye, reflections in glass are more striking, and I LOVE the blues and browns playing off of each other. Scrumptious!

Definitely the color--blue tints especially.

I really really loved blue, thats a fantastic click, looks superb!

B/W - it leaves more room for imagination.

I love the blue hues... beautiful.

Colour!!

BLUE!!

The colour version.

definately the black and white, the clouds look way better

The blue one - the mood is closer to the contemporary city that's represented.

i like how the b/w one is not completely desaturdated

i think the bw looks better, the coloured one just seems kinda dead

Colored as far as I'm concerned. I like the blue-ish hue.

color version. the colors are dull and blend together creating which is a nice subtle touch.

I prefer the coloured photograph. The colour is subtle and muted so that it acts upon me quite evocatively of an early morning although I'm probably quite wrong about the time of the shot. I find it atmospheric in a way I don't with the black and white one. Often I prefer black and white or sepia in photos but this one for sure I prefer 'in colour'.

love it..

The black and white is stunning. Defenetly the B&W

I prefer the B&W one

The blue - for sure

i like the clouds in colour and the buildings in black and white. add another option for the mix of the two:)

i tend to the colored version in this case. first of all the sky works much better for there. further i like the lines the buildings provide, which (at least for me) is a domain of bnw, but the damped colors kindof add a little mosaic-feeling.
well i think that's what hushes through my mind :D

Colour!

B&W!!!

B&W for sure... so deep and rich without color

I like them both, however, I find that I am more inclined to the color one. The reason is the blue-grey color in the picture. It is a strange powerful color.

How about half-way between the two. I put the black and white on top of the colour and reduced the opacity to 50% (or so) and it looks quite nice maintaining a little of the two worlds... ;)

I like the BW a lot more, even though the blue tones are beautiful. However, removing the colors lets me concentrate more on the lines and shapes, making it more of an abstract.

While it's true like somone else said that the b&w lets you look at the whole photo and not get stuck on the details, I like noticing new things with every pass.

Like that in the window, one of the cars looks like it's signaling to turn. And that someone thought it was a good idea to have a green billboard on red bricks.And how the shadows on the bildings are more subtle.

Might be that I'm a city freak, but all these small things make the colour version stronger.