Posting Different Versions, What Do You Think?

For big photos I post different crops and sometimes a black and white version.

I also sometimes post a square version if it starts out as rectangle, and for photography occasionally a black and white version. With my digital abstract art I sometimes make several color combinations but then make myself choose just one to post. I decide that is the mood and intent of the artwork that is best expressed by a specific color pallete. Maybe that is a throw back on my part to actual physical painting process where there would only be 1 color version. I do see lots of other artists post a bunch of color options, and I just have never cared for it. it is totally a personal thing.

Always a good thing.

Some very large sellers here have multiple versions of almost all of their images.

They do very well. I often do different versions and I am often very surprised that the one I like the least is the one that sells the best.

Absolutely yes and absolutely NO NO NO.

OK, that was an ambiguous answer. Yes, color plus black and white plus vertical color and black and white. If you have colorized work, eg an image that is mostly orange or mostly blue etc etc and you have different color versions then sure.

If you have truly different compositions, then yes.

If you are going to post 23 images of the same Ferris wheel with slightly different angles or 46 images of the same shipwreck labeled ship 1 through ship 46 then NO!

(Chit! Ferris Wheel 1, deleter; Ferris Wheel 2, delete; Ferris Wheel 3, delete; only 20 more to go)

I hear ya JC....!! Ferris Wheel 4, delete........ lol

Timely discussion. I just did it again ... did up an image two different ways (color / mood stuff) and I'm completely flummoxed as to which I like better. I keep trying be a big girl and make up my mind ... but ... here we go again!!

* thud *

May add both ...

Maybe not ...

... where's my purse??

Almost did it today. Found an image I couldn't remember posting, but which I knew at the time shouted This! It was almost ready. Did some work on it until I was happy, filled out the form and at the last minute thought I should check - and yep: nearly had two almost identical pictures with different titles to confuse everyone.

I know I've done it before, but now I leave it until I have something else that fits the title that I can replace it with

Love the work and the two in your gallery, so different from one another!

Thanks for the input. Helps that others have given this some thought.

Lori here is my two versions of the Golden Temple -day and night.
http://sarabjit-singh.artistwebsites.com/featured/golden-temple-at-night-sarabjit-singh.html
http://sarabjit-singh.artistwebsites.com/featured/golden-temple-at-day-sarabjit-singh.html

Yes, but (as mentioned), be careful of redundancy! If you can't tell the difference at a quick glance, they're probably too similar. <br> <br><a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-blonde-leading-the-blonde-brian-wallace.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html?id=12345432&width=380&height=291' alt='The Blonde Leading The Blonde by Brian Wallace' title='The Blonde Leading The Blonde by Brian Wallace' style='border: none;'></a> . <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/back-where-i-belong-brian-wallace.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html?id=14540859&width=380&height=291' alt='Back Where I Belong by Brian Wallace' title='Back Where I Belong by Brian Wallace' style='border: none;'></a> <br> <br>I admit however, that I often make different versions of the same image, but I may only select one that I think is the best for posting. Besides color, grayscale, sepia, cropped versions, color select, and panos, I also sometimes create different formats such as 2D, and 3D stereo. When creating 3D stereo, I also usually create two formats called "Anaglyph" and "Crossview". The anaglyph is the type requiring Red/Cyan filtered 3D glasses, while the crossview is a side-by-side image requiring the viewer to converge (cross) their eyes while focusing on the middle image that appears for perceiving depth. <br> <br>Still, some other images I digitally add different elements and if the result is different enough from the original, I may upload both versions. Sometimes, it's like the OOF (Out Of Frame) image above-right, but other times, it may be something like a Halloween picture where I've added spooky figures, moon, bats, cats, and spider webs etc. <br> <br>I also like to take images and create a different environment from the original like this example of a marsh captured at Nags Head, North Carolina on the property of the Bodie Lighthouse Station (Outer Banks). I took four shots of the marshland which was very dry at the time and merged them together for a panorama. I made this version with a curved horizon and manipulated the color, then added planets, moons, and stars. <br> <br><a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cosmic-fantasy-pano-brian-wallace.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html?id=16019497&width=750&height=231' alt='Cosmic Fantasy Pano by Brian Wallace' title='Cosmic Fantasy Pano by Brian Wallace' style='border: none;'></a> <br> <br>The original pano... <br><a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/21128030680/in/photolist-bkuhX3-yc1Fr3-xZ26mF-xFRj3c-aN3DjK-amFJvj-xwKoGT-cX33Yo-6Dh4aQ-yrj3NQ-rUDrFL-pcvNm9-6Uz6JM-cxQews-zyJ5d2-r28yZc-6BFtay-6BBkor-6BFtij-7NpTkC-6BFtv9-6MEo9Z-7NquT2-zyzXuE-zyzV1S-6BBkR2-7NpCTq-7NqUF1-7NkHpi-7NgKuU-ourD73-6DcWRz-6Dh3Yj-6DcWFB-6Dh45b-6Dh5UE-6Dh5Pd-6DcVXa-6Dh3Sh" title="Brian_OBX_Bodie Light Station Marsh Panorama 1"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5826/21128030680_15f8f4de4e_z.jpg" width="640" height="141" alt="Brian_OBX_Bodie Light Station Marsh Panorama 1"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>