Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the record, I don't think I am related to Ric, but it sure sounds like similar DNA. Sonny In a message dated 2/2/2005 6:08:23 P.M. Central Standard Time, ricc@mindspring.com writes: Seldom do I have the memory capacity to recall the color balance of a given frame. Heck, our brains do so much to jerk around our reaction to color? what color predominated the last 15 minutes of our lives has huge effects on what we see. What I see on the same monitor is much different if the shade is drawn or open; if the light across the room on; if I remember to shift to a gray desktop picture. For the years that I worked in newspapers, I worried about not betraying reality. I left hideous powerlines in otherwise lovely compositions. I corrected color (when the little paper allowed me the luxury of color) to match the real situation as best I could. Now, the non-journalistic work I do is for the pleasure of MY eye. The color falls where I like (or will settle for on those stubborn ones). Unsightly trees, or trash, or powerlines are banished without conscience. Unless you must exactly portray reality, the color balance of a photo is no more right or wrong that the pallet chosen by any other artist. Some may like it and others not, but it can?t be wrong to the photographer unless they don?t get what they want. Ric Carter Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish