Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To me, Richard, the problem isn't lack of color - after all, everything we see is in color but some of us prefer black and white over color film. For me the problem is that the images are far, far too busy. I can see what you were going for, but my eyes are overwhelmed by the jumble of stuff on the ceilings and then down into the image. On 1/9/06 11:39 AM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > Ah, the curse of "if all you have is Tri X, then the world is in B&W" :-) > > At 08:22 AM 1/9/2006, you wrote: > >> This picture is very jarring and wrong for me, because to me the essence >> of those O'Hare decorations is COLOR. Any black-and-white picture of that >> underground tunnel is a cruel preview, and doesn't at all capture it for >> me. >> >> To me it's like a black-and-white picture of a rainbow or a peacock. >> Missing the point. >> >> Other than that, it's a great picture. > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information