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Subject: [Leica] Color vs B&W
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:46:43 +0530
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I prefer Sonny's shot of tulips to Mapplethorpe's attempt. Tina's Taj Mahal
shot is wonderful - it would have been so monochromatic a scene that B&W
suits it perfectly.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> They are really wonderful. That said, my choice would have been color,
> especially the Mapplethorpe.
>
> When tulips are blooming, I like to sit out there and watch them in the
> morning; you can actually see them glide like animals.
>
> I think that's why he shot them because they are such sensual things.  My
> favorites are the delicate pastels.
>
> Most of my flowers I find in the wild, but these tulips were bulbs gifted
> to me by a photographer friend who has fallen ill.
>
> I kept them in the refrigerator last year and when it came time, planted
> them in a pot outside with my herbs.
>
> http://sonc.com/look/?p=871
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
> wrote:
>
> > Well -
> >
> > 1)  No black and white film in India. Krishna Krishna
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/080205_326_0389BW.jpg.html
> >
> > > > 2)  No flower pictures in monochrome.  God will getcha, she really
> > will.
> >
> > http://www.mapplethorpe.org/portfolios/flowers/?i=1
> >
> > > > 3)  No sunsets or sunrises in anything but Kodachrome.  Yeah, I know.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/118961859
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146723844
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Tina
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >  Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Standing up for B&W here, surprised to have to do that on a Leica list!
> > >
> > >
> > > You don't think my short list of color rules make a case for
> monochrome?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Sonny
> > > http://sonc.com/look/
> > > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > >
> > > USA
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Tina Manley, ASMP
> > www.tinamanley.com
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>
> USA
>
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