[Leica] IMG: Two views of a soldier

Jay Burleson leica at jayburleson.com
Fri Nov 14 17:49:26 PST 2014


Thank you Bob.
The consensus here and elsewhere is overwhelmingly for the sepia version.

Jay

On 11/14/2014 6:56 AM, Bob Adler wrote:
> Wonderful image!
> Interesting: when I opened the first, non-sepia version, I thought to myself "that would look great in sepia"!
>
> And it does!
> Bob
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Nov 12, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dennis, thanks for looking & commenting.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>> On 11/12/2014 7:58 AM, Dennis Kushner wrote:
>>> The sepia one as it gives a vintage look. Both are equally good.
>>>
>>> Tina, there will always be critics whose only opinion is the only one that
>>> matters
>>> yet despise when someone criticizes them. Just ignore them as you only have
>>> to please yourself. I enjoy whenever a sepia post is found online.
>>>
>>> I recall that when I first used Ilford XP2 when it was first released for
>>> grainless
>>> B&W, purists hated it. Now fast forward to grainless digital pix, pixel
>>> peepers
>>> expect (grainless) noiseless pix. Progress at it's best. Or is it?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Lluis Ripoll <
>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great Jay!
>>>>
>>>> I prefer the un-tonned version
>>>> Chhers
>>>> Lluis
>>>>
>>>>> El 11/11/2014, a las 20:06, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> escribió:
>>>>>
>>>>> This young man had the full kit, just like he was ready to march off to
>>>> the battlefields.
>>>>> I couldn't decide on which version, so here are two for your perusal.
>>>>>
>>>>> WW I Memorial Event, Twekesbury, Gloucestershire, UK
>>>>> Leica Monochrom, APO-Summicron-M 1:2/50 mm ASPH., iso 320
>>>>>
>>>>> Soldier, Gloucestershire Regiment
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/kmlypp8
>>>>>
>>>>> Soldier, Gloucestershire Regiment (Sepia)
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/k2x7jcu
>>>>>
>>>>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jay


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