Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 2/1/2005 2:21:03 P.M. Central Standard Time, george@imagist.com writes: >>Hi Sonny, I also shoot what ever film (or card) is in the camera if the shutter release asks >>to be pushed. OK so now we've preserved the moment. Then we process the film or the >>digital data. Don't we have to ask for a second time, now what do I want to say with this >image? Will I print (or digitally process it) as contrasty? Or soft? Do I want color accuracy? >>Or do I want some other color effect? If all we're doing is grabbing images and taking >>whatever the film or card hands us - it seems we're missing the chance to reach for our >>best in photography. When Graham reaches for his green, red or no filters, he's thinking >>about the end product on screen (as he doesn't print). Isn't the the point of photography >>and this list to help one another improve our product to achieve our intentions? Especially >>when it's all so available in our current technology. Then why didn't you say that instead of : >>"I'm constantly amazed by folks who post color images which have absolutely no >>relationship to what their eyes see. I'm not a purist about the point. I'm open to radical >>color if done with some intentionality or on purpose. But I don't understand taking 5000K >>daylight film into 2800K situations and not taking care of the difference when we've got the >software to deal with it. Did you intend to have such an off-color effect?" Sounds like berating to me. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish