Currumbin Rock ~ Color or Black and White?

I was lucky enough to be given a beautiful sunrise at Currumbin a couple of days ago. It included a beautiful cloud filled sky, a high tide and no wind, a perfect combination for a colorful sunrise.

As a photographer, in the post development phase of ‘making a photograph’ to quote the great Ansel Admas, you then have to decide, color or black and white?

The color image above was developed in Adobe’s Lightroom. The black and white image was developed using NIK Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2.

You decide?