Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/12

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Subject: [Leica] Color vs B&W
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:26:45 -0500
References: <CCED779A.13C14%manolito@videotron.ca> <B738922A-3C6A-435B-9068-27D0F3E1D941@embarqmail.com> <CAFfkXxuhUOyM8fK9EmdEuhAP7OAqDGseWHBm-pzB-P3dupgC_Q@mail.gmail.com>

BRAVO!

ric


On Dec 12, 2012, at 10:17 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I'm tired of seeing a post "I wonder how it would look in color?"
> when I know that, if the shooter is anything like me, they have brought
> their best to the image.
> 
> If you see one of my shots in Mono, you can bet your bottom dollar that
> 
> A: some one lent me a new Leica MM
> B: I just could NOT get the color balance to square up the way I wanted it
> C:  I was shooting some Ilford XP2 I found in the drawer.
> 
> If I had a say, I would make these rules hard and fast:
> 
> 1)  No black and white film in India. Krishna Krishna
> 2)  No flower pictures in monochrome.  God will getcha, she really will.
> 3)  No sunsets or sunrises in anything but Kodachrome.  Yeah, I know.
>     You should be enjoying the moment, not taking pictures anyhow.
>      You can't do justice to it,  just drink yer Starbucks.
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 
> USA
> 
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Color vs B&W)
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