Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/17

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Subject: [Leica] Why we shoot in Colour
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Feb 17 23:31:25 2005
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I didn't say no-one, but Dave has a limited range some of which I've 
worked on as well. I'm not saying it can't be done, but its a fight to 
have people recognize b/w images of Australian as being "appropriate" 
whereas the big colour splashes sell at markets all over the country.

On 18/02/2005, at 5:58 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

>> the last 5, and this order has caused a big blip on the screen ;-)" We
>> are adopting the new like we took to TV!! So here are two images to 
>> try
>> to explain this:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra038
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra039
>>
>> The sky is often blue and the "not a cloud in the sky" phenomenon is
>> very common when you venture into the photogenic places here in
>> Australia, so in B/W, the zone 4 expanses can be overwhelming. The 
>> rich
>> colour of the outback with its deep red sand add to the natural drama
>> of the image.
>
> I appreciate your point, Alastair and agree that if I were there, even 
> I
> would have color in a camera (or digital).
>
> But it also reminds me of some beautiful shots I ran across when I was
> just starting with my Rolleicord.
>
> http://users.tpg.com.au/users/daveg/Gallery_1.html
>
> Best,
> Daniel
>
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>
Alastair


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