Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] Black and White
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Oct 11 19:58:58 2005
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051011212038.0313b570@mail.rhtc.net> <p06230918bf721c7f2a5b@[10.0.1.2]> <6.2.3.4.2.20051011220406.02f1fd10@mail.rhtc.net> <35E1F1FA-CD99-4C9B-9351-F7954F0493E0@mindspring.com>

> Tina... I looked at the color first...was prepared to say that the  
> color is better,  because it dramatically emphasizes and enhances  
> the simple existence of the people, it causes contrast between the  
> very simple existence and the explosive colors....

but when I saw the bw  it touched me more...

Steve



> For instance:
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/50601014
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/50607349
>
> The lady, to me, clearly uses the color material in her clothes out  
> of choice, saying something about her life, something we cannot get  
> from the B&W. Her bundle of branches in the B&W becomes a bouquet  
> in the color. The child in the drab, dusty clothes, is now wearing  
> a bright, clean shirt of many colors.
>
> I used to shoot color only when it added something to the photo. As  
> I have gotten older, I find that I now go for B&W only when it adds  
> something, or perhaps takes away.
>
> In general, reality is good enough for what I do. If reality is NOT  
> what I'm looking for, B&W may be the solution.
>
> Even the youngest of our number may fall into "old fartism" by  
> judging themselves against the greats of earlier generations who  
> likely shot B&W because color was available or wasn't practical for  
> the target publication.
>
> Of course, I may feel completely differently when the sun rises...
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
>
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2005, at 10:05 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>
>> At 09:59 PM 10/11/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Tina - Color because the colorful clothes, the red fire in the  
>>> stove, the blue smoke in the third shot, the color of the wood in  
>>> the houses, all make the photos more involving, at least to me.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, Richard.  Sometimes I agree. Sometimes I only want to see  
>> the faces.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Black and White)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([Leica] Black and White)
Message from images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Black and White)
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