[Leica] The "problem" with the M9

[Mark Rabiner]

Ansel said that every time a photographer prints a negative its like an
orchestral conductor conducting a score in front of an orchestra.  And has a
literal aspect as you're doing a lot of waving around of your hands over the
print dodging and burning with the enlarging light on. And the way a
"performance" works is no two are alike and when you conduct a piece years
later you approached it differently most often. Ansel knew as much about
music as he did photography. I think that made him a better artist from any
angle. But this approach was not an exception to a rule it was pretty
common.
If you can even remember what you had in mind when you make the shot you
easily can change it halfway through your printing process as you see whats
going on with way its printing.


On 1/2/17 7:10 PM, "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:

> ...as Ansel tried to teach is.

Peter

On 02/01/2017 16:51, Gerry Walden
> wrote:
> 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 Œcolour¹ image or a
> Œmono¹ 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 ³Giving Smiles² I¹ve carried the M9, it poses sometimes a
> problem to decide if color or B&WŠ.
>>>
>>> Evening in La Rambla
>>>
>>> Leica
> M9, Summilux 75 wide open
>>>
>>>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/La+Rambla/20161221_L1013236+1.jpg.htm
> l>
>>>
>>> 
> <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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