Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I can't relate to the zone system, but I like the dark, dull gray of the LUG gallery. It works, whether or not I put frames on the images, and always looks great to me. Thanks, Brian. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >I like Zone 5 gray for a background. It doesn't make photos look either >too > dark or too light - just right. > > Tina > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> That's what I hear it started out white. >> My first website had black backgrounds. So did my second. >> My future ones will be white and cream. And those are the ones when I see >> I >> tend to like the looks of. I keep all my favorite photographer websites >> in >> a >> folder for quick reference. And I think blogs are starting to overlap and >> take over from that. Black is dramatic but kind of foreboding. Gloomy. >> >> I went through a 100$ rag black mat board phase too when that came out. >> And the use of black velvet as a backdrop instead of white I did off and >> on; >> mainly off. >> >> Is white the color of evil on the eastern hemisphere? Then that makes me >> evil then to those guys. >> >> >> >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >> > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:31:44 -0500 >> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] New Picture Place >> > >> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I wish I got to see the white background. >> >> >> >> >> > It was white. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> -------------------- >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> Photography >> >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >