Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/11

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Subject: [Leica] No more b&w
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Oct 11 13:48:56 2007
References: <470E4057.4040102@waltjohnson.com> <20071011204330.CA2DE2FBBF@donald.hostspirit.ch>

Didier

Yes, but if it looks better in color then do it in color. If it looks 
better in b&w, do it in color and convert. Don't know how I managed all 
these years without Photoshop. Now, how the hell can I convert all my 
lead into gold? :-) 

Didier Ludwig wrote:
> I've had a very similar experiece recently when I black & whitened shots 
> of golden sculptures from the Einsiedeln monastery. It must be the noble 
> metal gold. It's only noble with color. Grey it looks just like rather 
> unnoble plaster. Fiddling the greytones is useless alchemy! :-)
> Didier
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>> I'm wondering if there is any real reason left  to shoot b&w?
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/athena2_ed.jpg.html
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Walt+Johnson/athena_bw.jpg.html
>> Walt
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