Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I read that thread and thought exactly the same thing. The crowd over here is much nicer. I check in with the LUF every few months just to be sure I'm not missing anything, but I always come back to the LUG! Tina On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > Thanks, Tina. I thought that you would still take those inside shots in > B&W. > > Anyone who thinks this place is a tough crowd should try the LUF. Somebody > there mentioned B.D.'s article, and the trash talk is now 3 pages long. > They even go after Ted for his clothes/souls line. You'd think that someone > had just denied the existence of a Supreme Being on a fundamentalist site. > The consensus among the majority loudmouths is that obviously B.D. and Ted > know nothing about photography, or they wouldn't have made such statements. > The reasonable folks occasionally pipe up but are drowned out. :-) > > Reminds me why I only go there occasionally to get the news. It's a big > world with room for many styles, but some folks don't know that. Poor > devils. :-) > > --Peter > > > > Hi, Peter - > > > > I missed your first post because we have been out working in the garden > in > > the few hours it hasn't rained here lately! > > > > Yes, I would have made the photos in B&W even if I had color available. > In > > fact, I always carried two cameras, one with color and one with B&W film. > > I used B&W normally for people and for when I needed high speed - most > of > > the time inside dark adobe houses! I think I would still use B&W even > with > > the high ISO digital available today. That's why I've got the MM camera > > now. I just love B&W for people. The Guatemalan people use color as > part > > of their identity and it seems a shame to remove that so most of my > > Guatemalan people are in color. I do have some of the women working in > > their houses in B&W, though. > > > > Ted is right about clothes and souls! > > > > Tina > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com