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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:23:40 -0600
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It is an interesting approach, Peter. You can even try different 
filters, if you work just with jpeg images.  You might like it.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 12/10/2013 5:19 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Jim,
>
> like Luis I hadn't been following this discussion - although arguably I 
> should
> have been - but the results are really good. I will give it a try on the 
> X-Pro.
>
> Peter
>
> On 10/12/2013 23:07, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Thanks for looking and commenting, Lluis.  From my brief experience with 
>> the BW
>> EVF, I will say that it helps me visualize the BW image in cases where the
>> presence of color can be overpowering.  But, as my wife put it, when the 
>> color
>> is there, she prefers to see the image in color. :-(
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>> On 12/10/2013 4:57 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I like them too, I?ve not followed the EVF discussion about B&W, first
>>> information is yours, the only thing that comes to my head is that B&W 
>>> has
>>> existed many, many years before the EVF and I think there is absolutely 
>>> no
>>> need for this purpose.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>> El 09/12/2013, a las 21:37, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>>> escribi?:
>>>
>>>> With all of the recent discussion of B&W images on the LUG, I decided 
>>>> to see
>>>> if changing the EVF and LCD to B&W helped in creating B&W images.  With 
>>>> a
>>>> Summitar from the 1940s on the X-E1, this seemed appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> These two images were composed in B&W, then processed from the RAW 
>>>> image and
>>>> converted to B&W.  I liked the result.  Maybe the B&W finder does 
>>>> improve
>>>> "seeing" the final image.
>>>>
>>>> Mirror:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Mirror.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Lamp:  http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Lamp.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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