Black and White or Colo[u]r? Updated

Commenter A Bear recently asked why I show a preference for black and white processing. Here's a photo that nicely illustrates one aesthetic consideration. Color version below the fold: In this case, the color of her hair and the dog could be eye catching against the simple dark colors of her jacket, jeans and the pavement around the dog. But the background colors framing her and the dog are distracting or, as one of my flickr pals put it, the...
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