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Subject: [Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Fri May 9 05:29:44 2008
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Following up, it seems that Simon received lots of BW versions of his pic
from helpful LUG folks! I like to read people's reasons and opinions on what
they think works and what doesn't. Critiquing is challenging but educational
(for me at least). Keep those picture posts and comments coming folks.

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Subject: RE: [Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale

Tough love from R. Clayton!
That might be a bit harsh on Simon though ;-) Good to explore every avenue
there.
My preference is still for the colour. It's the soft warm skin tones in
dappled light in the green nature surrounds. And huge gorgeous eyes, of
course. This is still the most charming child's portrait that I have seen
here for a long time.
This last BW version does reduce the prominence of the oof foreground
leaves, but for me the penalty is that the face is now rendered too dark
(they are similar greys). In colour the leaves are more obviously leaves
(visual cue for what is familiar) and add environment rather than distract.
I think that the key for a successful BW rendition might be selective tonal
adjustment in the conversion. I'll send Simon an example off-list and he can
comment as he wishes.



Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/

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Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale)
In reply to: Message from simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun) ([Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale)
Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale)