Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B&W is more magical, but IMHO, You need to tweak a bit in the B&W pictures, by adding 1-1.5 stops for the grass to increase its contrast like in Ansel Adam's pictures. There is a way for creating B&W pictures sharp like Ansel Adam's with Photoshop, just read at Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers. JSJ On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 20:13:58 -0700, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Jim McIntyre showed: > Subject: [Leica] Colour or B&W? > > > > http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/sarsfield.htm > > > or > > > http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/sarsfield2.htm< > > Hi Jim, > Although I'm a strong advocate of B&W I feel in this case the colour of the > light and the warmth it creates it's an colour photograph. > > Although it can hold it's own in B&W if one were not to have both to view > side by each. > > I've always understood that a better than average picture, if it works in > both mediums, it becomes a damn fine photograph. Something along the lines > of holding a picture up side down and see how it looks in both directions I > believe for composition quality. If it does, then it to is a strong > photograph. > > But I strongly opt for this farm scene in colour. Separate them and they > both are fine pictures. > ted > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >