Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know about 30 year olds. There are a lot of young commercial photogs working in B&W. It is seen as giving style. But then we always did have style... Peter On 11/12/2013 02:27, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I think that B&W strikes a chord with just about anyone older than 30. But > I really got a lot of flack for posting B&W images of my 45th high school > reunion, and had to repost them in color (highlighting a cavalcade of > rosacea). > > When I watch old reruns of Perry Mason and Twilight Zone, I get distracted > by bokeh, tonality, and DOF. If I have to be preoccupied by something, that > seems noble to me. How about some insect close-ups in B&W? no harm in > trying. > > Jeffery > > On Tuesday, December 10, 2013, Jim Nichols wrote: > >> Thanks, Jeffery. I can't speak for the movie makers, but I would not be >> surprised. Seems that I read somewhere that the filter was purple. >> Either >> would do, I suppose. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> On 12/10/2013 7:59 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> Can't argue with the results. They look great. >>> >>> Didn't movie directors view scenes through a green handheld viewfinder to >>> give them a monochrome sense of the results? >>> >>> Jeffery >>> >>> On Monday, December 9, 2013, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig