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Subject: [Leica] The Truth : Was "B.D. PAW"
From: jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Fri Mar 25 18:21:25 2005
References: <158.4d7106e2.2f761285@aol.com>

I knew it!  Black and white pictures are all lies!

:-)

Jim, "On my third, (or fourth) glass of Merlot" Hemenway


P2CON@aol.com wrote:

> B.D., I think you missed my point and perhaps I missed Ted's point also.  
> I 
> was mearly pointing out that most of us quite often do not "tell the 
> truth" 
> each time we press the shutter button.  The simple act of using B&W 
> film/digital 
> is a deviation from the truth.  You might even say that the use of Velvia 
> strays from the truth.  I was simply pulling Ted's chain for making the 
> claim that 
> the truth exists every time he presses the shutter release.  I know that 
> he 
> is very experienced at producing the visual effect he wants in his 
> photographs, 
> but I maintain that he, and you, and I, control what "truth" we print or 
> project, either by exposure control or thru post processing.
> 
> Regards, Paul Connet



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