Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/12

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Subject: [Leica] Black and White
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed Oct 12 12:29:45 2005
References: <BF73285F.6C38%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <BF7329CE.6C3C%philippe.orlent@pandora.be>

At 02:59 PM 10/12/2005, you wrote:
>And following the exotism reasoning, I don't think sepia is the way to do it
>either, for it does exactly the same.
>Cfr. the last page of National Geographic: this always gives me the feeling
>of looking at images that are
>1: Long gone
>2: Very patronizing, as if documenting animals in the zoo.

I hope not.  That's absolutely the last thing I want to 
communicate!  I don't see sepia as "old-looking" just as a warmer 
black and white.  Cold black and white seems better suited to 
landscapes and rocks than people.  That's just my feeling, though.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com 



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