Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Herb, Thanks for taking a look. Glad you enjoyed. I think the choice really boiled down to if color added to or helped with the image. In the first color image, "Bored To Shop," the red dress of the woman drew my eye toward her. If I'd done it in BW, my eye would be drawn to the bright door and sign of the Pandora store; the woman would have been much darker and not "eye catching". For the second color image, "Leaf Reading," I wanted my eye to see the reaction. If I did it in BW, the Enchantress would have been much lighter than the woman reacting and would have drawn my eye away from the subject I wanted eyes to go to. So it was more a question of did it help an image to be in color relative to what I was trying to control for the viewer. Hope that makes some sense... Bob PS - Of course there is always this voice in the back of my head saying, "Real photographers shoot BW..." :-) Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com ________________________________ From: Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Mon, September 5, 2011 10:56:18 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Santa Monica Bob, Enjoyed them immensely. This gives me a very good opportunity to ask you: on what basis did you decide to do some of them in B&W? Cheers, Herb >Went down to help my daughter and her husband move into their new home this >weekend. In between duties I managed to take a few images of where we went >for >parts and R&R. Quite out of my normal landscape mode, but lots of fun. >http://www.rgaphoto.com/2011SantaMonica >Hope you enjoy. >C&C always appreciated, >Bob > Bob Adler >Palo Alto, CA >http://www.rgaphoto.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information