Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] No more b&w
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Oct 11 16:41:20 2007
References: <668663.20851.qm@web55908.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <470E8802.4060505@waltjohnson.com>

Geeez. You give a guy a roll of color film and he goes off the deep  
end. ;-)

But in this case the color has more punch.

Len



On Oct 11, 2007, at 4:30 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:

> Harvey
>
> I think my point (if I had one) was a bit muddled. Didn't mean to  
> compare the Athena image as being best in color. It was, but with  
> PS one can make the conversion to b&w . I don't see the need for  
> processing Tri-X when I can make my Fujicolor color or Tri-X. There  
> is one element in all this which comes to mind. When the 1 Hour  
> Labs all fold I'd better have a supply of Tri-X and D-76. :-)
>
> Walt
>
> H. Ball Arche wrote:
>> Having shot with that building as a backdrop several times, I know  
>> it has a weird problem for B&W. In color, the gravel in the  
>> concrete looks like gravelly concrete- in B&W it looks like the  
>> grain from hell.
>>
>> Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:  I'm wondering if there  
>> is any real reason left to shoot b&w?
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/athena2_ed.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/athena_bw.jpg.html
>>
>> Walt
>>
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In reply to: Message from h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche) ([Leica] No more b&w)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] No more b&w)