Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:51 PM 3/1/2009, you wrote: >it's sort of a paradox, I know the color sells better, but you can >only say ..."look at the beautiful colors" in so many ways, then it >becomes redundant... > >color has replaced content... >Steve I agree, Steve, and I almost always prefer B&W, but for some cultures, color is such an important part of their lives that to leave it out seems to be leaving out part of their character. In Peru, all of their handicrafts, clothes, weavings - everything that they surround themselves with is brilliantly colored. Out in the rural areas, their homes are made of adobe mud - dark brown - and most do not have electricity. It's all dark and drab and mud-colored except for the bright splashes of their weavings. I think in this case, color is part of the content and has not replaced it. I do intend to try most of them both ways. So far, I've only looked at the jpegs - half of which are B&W and half color. I'm sure I'll end up switching in some cases, but right now I'm sticking with my original decision. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com