Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina: On my screen the ear to ear distance for your color picture is 2.3 inches. The same measurement on black & white picture yields 2.5 inches. (You can also see that the elbow is cut off in the BW indicating a slightly higher magnification.) Regards, Mike Tina Manley wrote: > 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 >