Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking Nathan and thank you for sharing your observations and reasoning. I greatly appreciate them. Adam On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote: > 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 > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >