Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi Tina, I have been following/reflecting on all the thoughts/opinions re color vs bw versions of your images from India... here are just a few thoughts...(FWIW) Your bw work has always been moving, powerful, magnificent. I have always felt it more convincing, though you have done beautiful color images too, of course. I suspect that bw is more natural for you, perhaps lending itself to the poetry that you see, perhaps it is your innate preference. You appear to be trying to do more/all color, possibly for commercial reasons. You have expressed that the images from certain countries are more compatible with color or bw images, and will lend themselves to that result. You appear to be now trying to decide after the fact, whether the RAW files are best done in bw or color, though I assume your first thought was color. I suspect you are not thinking precisely "bw vs color image" as you take the shot, though in India you may have been assuming, the image would be color. Personally, I have to think in color or bw at the time I take the shot; I make my choice then, if not the image is often indeterminate/ ambiguous and I am never sure which is best. A priori I see no reason why photos from India (or Guatamala, for that matter) must be in color or bw, it depends on what motivated you to make the photo, ie what did you see...? Clearly, these are my own thoughts, I am trying to get inside your mind, and I may project to you my own motivations...I may be totally incorrect, if so I sincerely apologize, but... perhaps, if all this holds truth, this may be causing you to be less convinced of your end goals, the resulting images being less convincing as well... Steve