Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted! A hint of sepia it will be ;-) Tina On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:26 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Tina SHOWED: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Health Promoter > > > > I haven't finished editing the Guatemalan market photos yet, but the >> >> scanning goes on. I'm now scanning black and white, TMax, from Guatemalan >> Medical clinics: 61840 >> >> After several years of conducting medical clinics with doctors, >> optometrists, dentists, nurses all from the USA, the Guatemalan community >> leaders requested help with training their own health promoters. Using the >> book Where There Is No Doctor, we held workshops for all of the health >> promoters from rural villages. During the first two days they would learn >> to take blood pressures, temperatures, vital signs, etc. and practiced on >> each other. For the rest of the week, they would assist the doctors in >> actual clinics. >> >> This photo is in the actual clinic: >> >> http://www.pbase.com/image/152147804 >> >> When I used Camera Raw to set the white balance, it automatically converted >> the RGB scan to sepia. I kind of like the warm look. How do you feel >> about sepia vs straight B&W? > > Hi Tina, > I like both! The sepia is so subtle it just adds a hint making the photo have a "comfort zone" look to it. I think the B&W is good as any B&W as it's still the content that counts the most in either! > > However the boy with the sepia fits to the content very well. Kind of smile and twinkling eye are a kind of warm nd affectionate feeling. ERGO? Hint of tint works !! :-) > > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http://www.tinamanley.com -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com