Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You cannot imagine it in colour, because you have not seen it in colour. That is all there is to it. We are constrained only by the limits of our own imagination. I am sure it would have been as compelling in colour, actually. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Lluis Ripoll <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > > > "HCB has a book of wonderful portraits, entitled I believe, An Inner > Silence" > > > > Yes, and I can't imagine this in color..., IMO B&W helps to concentrate in > the image, color in the beauty of them, compositions using the color as an > element are very nice, or when B&W don't help to diferentiate something. > > amiti?s > Lluis > > > > > El 13/12/2012, a las 02:37, Steve Barbour escribi?: > > > > > On Dec 12, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > >> sorry, i don't understand this > >> > >> I was trying to say that the way someone wants to be seen is a VERY > LARGE part of what they are > >> > >> I do not believe that black & white offers more of a window on the soul > >> > >> i believe you should render in color or black and white what you see as > the best image > >> > >> one is NOT intrinsically superior to the other > >> > >> you and I can prefer one over the other, but that does not make it > intrinsically so for the rest of the population > >> > >> I believe that was the original premise of Emanuel > > > > > > > > I believe we largely agree Ric, my point was regarding trying to see > through the external shell, that which often adorns the person, to see the > person.... and I was being a wise ass to boot since these days, many have a > shtick, they dress to cover up the real deal; whether it's Halloween only > or year round, they create the personna they desire. > > Often we can easily see thru this. > > I believe a good portrait can penetrate to the core. > > > > HCB has a book of wonderful portraits, entitled I believe, An Inner > Silence. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > >> > >> ric > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Dec 12, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> how is that NOT how they are? > >>>> > >>>> it seems to me precisely how they are > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> oh sorry Ric, I was thinking, of Yom Kippur rather than Halloween. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> ric > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > >>>> gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> occurs to me this concerns how they want to be seen, not how they > are. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >