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 14:01:48 2007
References: <470E4057.4040102@waltjohnson.com> <20071011204330.CA2DE2FBBF@donald.hostspirit.ch> <470E8C33.80709@waltjohnson.com> <20071011205947.5F2682FDA3@donald.hostspirit.ch>

O.K. Nostradamus, I'll be in touch. :-)

Didier Ludwig wrote:
> Walt,
> I can sell you a very special plug-in for that. Get your credit card ready 
> and 
> contact me off-list ;-)
> D.
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>> 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? 
>> :-) 
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>>> 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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In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] No more b&w)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] No more b&w)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] No more b&w)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] No more b&w)