Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:55 PM 2/1/2005 -0600, you wrote: > > Dear LUG, > > Attached is PAW 4 - 2005. This was shot at the Cafe Amelie, in > > Paris. This man was eating his lunch and reading. I was struck with > > the colors. I hope someone enjoys. Comments appreciated. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/Lee-Hermann-album/at_lunch > >I can't help asking - what colors were you struck by? The colors your eyes >saw in the scene or the extreme distortion of color that you chose to show >on screen? > >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? > >I've taken the liberty to adjust your color and posted it here ><http://www.imagist.com/colors/> while certainly still not perfect, I have >to assume it more closely relates to what you saw. > >Fond regards, > >G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist? Thanks for your "corrections" and comments, to me the yellow color is not all that bad, if I knew how to use Photo shop I could have corrected it. Perhaps Van Gogh should have corrected the colors of his bed room or perhaps the cafe at night painting too. I do appreciate your comments, thank you. Lee