Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] Speaking of color and BW
From: fmaturana at euskalnet.net (Felix Lopez de Maturana)
Date: Sat May 8 10:44:28 2004
 
> I just posted four new images at
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS
> The first two, of my younger son and his girl friend, were shot as bw
> with the C8080 - the third and fourth, of older son and his girl friend,
> are the same photo, first as shot in color - 800 asa, with E-1, and then
> converted to bw using the FredMiranda action. Both the color and BW
> version were adjusted similarly in Photoshop. So does color add, or
> distract? We give you the images - you decide! :-)<<<<<


B.D.

I prefer the color one with the smooth gradient of the different tones of
the skin. This is a warm picture that shows, mainly in the girl, a sort of
abandon. It has a lot of poetry that b&w cannot transmit with his natural
coldness.

Felix