Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, It is a very good portrait. Plenty of attitude and also background info without getting too obtrusive. And ofcourse the light eyes action is right, too. And it was probably done the KISS way. It's pretty logical that this portrait so good, since you made it. And you are a damn good photographer. But color or B&W? Very hard to say ATM. The color would get better if you'd take the blue out of the lightest part of his face and left sided hand. It looks like a natural light shot, but the blue (probably some reflection) works a bit against this. The man is too old for this kind of skin tone and it makes him look a bit dead. It's hard to compare with the B&W, since that one is very harshly translated. A lot more of tonal gradations and detail are possible. But in the end, if all this would be perfect, I'd still go for the color version. Which you always should do if the color scheme works out. Only 3 reasons to shoot B&W: because the color scheme isn't right, because you want to emphasize on the moment itself, or because you want to give a journalistic touch of truth to the image. Of which neither apply to your perfectly crafted portrait. So... Sometimes a KISS image is not so KISS. Just IMO ofcourse. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 30-mei-07, om 19:01 heeft Ted Grant het volgende geschreven: > Hi Crew, > Here's your chance to shoot at me! ;-) > > Which version is the better? B&W or COLOUR? > Or the stronger of the photographs? > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tmax/%232+WCG+col__MG_4332.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tmax/B_amp_W+WCG_MG_4332.jpg.html > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >