Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/06

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Subject: [Leica] There is more to light than how bright it is...
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Thu May 6 18:05:37 2004
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In my books colour is simply an order of magnitude or two harder than 
b&w. That is not to say b&w is easy but shades of grey do not go out of 
date (oh my god 18% grey is oh so yesterday). Colour is subject to 
current and future colour preferences. It is very difficult to make a 
colour photo that truly lasts. As Ted says you see the clothes: the 
colour that was so hot last year, decade, etc. Colour can be very 
successful when it is the subject or part of the subject of the photo 
(I could name a few names but I don't want to start those pots boiling 
again). Even in nature photography fashions change. Right now 
hyper-colour is in fashion but it wasn't always so and it won't be 
forever.

John Collier
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] There is more to light than how bright it is...)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] There is more to light than how bright it is...)