Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 8, 2006, at 9:35 AM, Arche, Harvey wrote: > Color, for some reason, is something I just don't respond to; > show me B&W and color versions of the same image, and 99 times out of > 100 I'll prefer the B&W, especially in my own work. Ditto for me. My artist friend Harriet and I have this discussion frequently, since I "see" in b&w and she "sees" in color. We painted her studio/gallery space this past weekend, and she had chosen a color for the main gallery wall that she said "she had imagined." It was a shade of turquoise blue I would never have imagined, but she was right. It worked. I guess I have a question, then. Is the perception of varying shades and hues a learned thing, or are we hard wired for it? Peter, I really like the tulips shot because I respond to shape and texture, depth of field, etc., but almost never respond to color. Go figure...... I'm getting better at buying clothes, though..... :-) Peace, Ken ----------------------------------- The Rev. Kenneth Frazier Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ ---------------------------------- Current Leica Photography (PESO): http://tinyurl.com/6sc2r Current Medium Format Photos: http://tinyurl.com/bjvfn