Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/11

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Composing in B&W
From: gwpics at icloud.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:03:57 +0000
References: <52A62A0E.3000004@lighttube.net> <CAFA4jDJthQ0TZ64jPk17nB9uv0PTXBVeTDCMPPPigsWVvBbMpg@mail.gmail.com> <52A7C7DD.4080608@lighttube.net> <CAFA4jD+PAWe3vWOanYu5uvgCJrnAmQcZoAHcYCr9w424+7muHw@mail.gmail.com> <52A81E09.30602@summaventures.com>

I think you only have to look at the work of Spielberg (esp. in 
Schindlers List) and other cinematographers, coupled with TV 
advertising, to realise that there has been a resurgence in the use of 
b&w imagery over maybe the last 20 years.

Gerry

Gerry Walden
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On 11/12/2013 08:10, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> 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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