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Subject: [Leica] PEGOIAW: Storm Warning: Puget Sound, WA
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Aug 29 15:24:09 2008
References: <4cfa589b0808252018s39658d5ekb992c42f8e6d9db9@mail.gmail.com>

For me, the B&W is far stronger. Why? Because this is a very simple  
image. What carries it are a few graphic elements and the overall  
composition. The color is just a distraction, so removing it makes a  
better image.

Just my 0.02 ? worth, of course.

Nathan

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On Aug 26, 2008, at 5:18 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> I have two versions of this image, unfortunately sized slightly  
> differently.
>
> I'd be interested in your take on which you like better and why:
>
> The original:
>
> <http://www.adam-bridge.com/Images/L1005343-web.jpg>
>
> My revision:
>
> <http://www.adam-bridge.com/Images/L1005343-as-bw-web.jpg
>
> Details: Leica M8 with 35mm sumicron. The 2nd image is processed using
> Alien Skin's B&W conversion software.
>
> Thanks for looking...
>
>
> Adam
>
> Photographer's note: This was taken this morning before a really nasty
> storm blew in from the Pacific. (We had ducked out of town so we
> missed it. My son was not so lucky.) This is taken at Silverdale, WA
> across the sound from Seattle. Obviously the tide was out and the wind
> had not, yet, begun.
>
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