[Leica] The "problem" with the M9

[lluisripollphotography]

Thank you for all your comments, I agree with Gerry too and I have to add that after that I have the Monochrom, when I take the M9 it is generally because I want to do color, I remember when I’ve saw this Lady smoking with her red jacket this made a nice color composition and as Steve has pointed the cigarette was a important element to consider. But as you know, I can’t resist the B&W and once I have converted it I’ve liked it too, but on this case color would be my choice.

I will take a look again following the Bob’s comments, thank you Bob!

I also agree Jayanand, on that day I was visualizing in color but I have converted some pictures because the tinct across the image was awful 

Cheers
Lluis



> El 2 gen 2017, a les 18:08, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> va escriure:
> 
> Thank you Tina, John and Steve.
> 
> Gerry
> 
>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 17:07, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> +1!
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:04 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>> You know the obvious answer Gerry........ I usually leave the house with a
>>> Monochrom as well as my M(240) ;-)  I agree with what you say and rarely
>>> take the same shot with both cameras as each have their strengths.
>>> 
>>> john
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> 
>>> I am sorry to come back on this, but I believe that the photographer
>>> should make a decision by pre-visualisation of how the final image should
>>> look. Although this may may be a split-second decision based on intuition
>>> and experience that decision is important. If you shoot in b&w you shoot
>>> for the composition of light and dark, highlights and shadows whereas if
>>> you shoot in colour you shoot for the interplay of the colours of the image
>>> and the way the balance together. This is a decision that cannot be
>>> realistically made afterwards as the two images/decisions are different. If
>>> you make the dcision afterwards it will never be as good as the
>>> pre-visualisation that should have been done before.
>>> 
>>> Gerry
>>> 
>>>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 13:46, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ever since I switched to digital I have had problems with some images
>>> deciding whether it is a ‘colour’ image or a ‘mono’ image. It was easier in
>>> my opinion when you carried two cameras, and you made the decision at the
>>> point of pressing the button, and then you had decided. It was a decision
>>> made at that moment, in that mood, at (to quote HC-B) the point when the
>>> heart, the eye and the mind come together. There is no better time to
>>> decide because never again will those three factors coincide. I am afraid
>>> that the decision on which of these two images is purely yours to make
>>> because neither is better or worse than the other.
>>>> 
>>>> I wish you luck with your decision,
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2 Jan 2017, at 01:51, lluisripollphotography <
>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Day I went to shoot “Giving Smiles” I’ve carried the M9, it poses
>>> sometimes a problem to decide if color or B&W….
>>>>> 
>>>>> Evening in La Rambla
>>>>> 
>>>>> Leica M9, Summilux 75 wide open
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>>> 20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.html>
>>>>> 
>>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/
>>> 20161221_L1013236.jpg.html>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
>>>>> 
>>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>>> Lluis
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
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