[Leica] One more attempt to convertpixie to greyscale

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On May 9, 2008, at 5:29 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> 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.


Geoff,  I also did a bw conversion and sent it privately to Simon...I  
like it very much but prefer the color for the reason that I said  
previously...to quote...

"I feel like others that the color image is better Simon, as a part of  
its impact is due to the lovely warm light and colors..."


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