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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:10:49 +0000
References: <52A62A0E.3000004@lighttube.net> <CAFA4jDJthQ0TZ64jPk17nB9uv0PTXBVeTDCMPPPigsWVvBbMpg@mail.gmail.com> <52A7C7DD.4080608@lighttube.net> <CAFA4jD+PAWe3vWOanYu5uvgCJrnAmQcZoAHcYCr9w424+7muHw@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          



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