Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, your comment is exactly why I asked George Lottermoser the reason for his poll. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] My attitude about Colo(u)r > Tina Manley said: >>> Most look acceptable until you put them next to each other!<<< > > Hi Tina, > And right there is what throws people off in making decisions of what they > think is right or wrong. > > Unfortunately, been there done it many times and it never fails when you > put print's of the same scene beside each other, it can drive you crazy > deciding which you like or don't. > > However, put a print in one room, the other in another room without side > by each comparison and they "Both will look great!" Obviously, unless you > deliberately throw the colour or composition/cropping wildly off on one. > > But comparing the Mosque for example in different rooms they both will > look fine. Side by each and great controversy can or will erupt. Actually > I like both even side by each simply because I put them under they were > taken during light at different times of the day, period. So that makes > them both OK. > > Write a caption stating one was shot at dawn or on an overcast day and a > viewers mind automatically accepts the blue. :-) > > ted > > > > > > > " <images@InfoAve.Net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 3:07 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] My attitude about Colo(u)r > > >> At 02:04 AM 2/3/2005, you wrote: >> >>>It's easy to say that one or the other, most likely the latter, is more >>>accurate, but that presents only part of the matter. That's why we fiddle >>>with colour balance and saturation, to present our pictures with the >>>colours that our memories say they were. >>> >>>Between our memories and individual perceptions a whole range of colour >>>representations are possible. >>>-- >>> * Henning J. Wulff >> >> Absolutely! I can understand that photographers whose job it is to >> photograph clothing for catalogues or examples of paint swatches or >> furniture need to balance their colors exactly, but for personal work >> anything goes! I like warmer people and cooler forests. I like Velvia >> landscapes and Astia people. With PhotoKit Color you can try all kinds >> of layers of color. > Tina >> >> >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >