Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Black and white helps tone down the background, but the tones look unnatural for some reason. What the shot could really use is a lot less depth of field; if it had that, the color version would probably be better. Whoever said that shots are either b/w or color -- but not convertible between the two -- was right. Dante On May 7, 2004, at 8:27 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > B. D. Colen > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:28 PM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Don't count Leica out > > > Mark R told us... > "Leica is where it's happening Baby." > > Where what's happening, Mark? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com