Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:28 PM 9/30/00 -0700, you wrote: >Bucking the stream: >The color is much better. > >Why? The color photo shows softer highlights, better gradations on the skin, >and much more expressive eyes. > >The BW is harsh, has too bright a highlight on the face and makes the eyes >look hard rather than deep. >The thumbs are also overemphasized in the BW... They are exactly the same photograph. The color was removed by desaturating in Photoshop - no other changes were made. I chose this photograph because to me the eyes look bigger and more open in the black and white than in the color, even though they are not. To me, it illustrates the fact that we are more aware of the eyes and facial expression in black and white than in color. Leically, Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com