Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alan, I agree with you about this film, a really great movie, true B&W!!! Also thanks again for your comment cheers Lluis El 25/12/2010, a las 19:17, Alan Magayne-Roshak escribi?: > On Sat, 25 Dec 2010 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>wrote: > >> Hello Lluis, > >> Two completely different pictures - the B+W one looks >> like a scene from a Film Noir movie, the colour version >> is just a very good picture of a rainy evening. So It's >> B+W for me (looking forward to watching the Third Man >> for the tenth time on TV over Christmas). > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > ====================================================================== > Ahh! The Third Man. My favorite movie. I've lost track of the > number of times I've seen this (and I never tire of watching it). I > first saw it when I was about five years old, and I think it > influenced my whole life. The lighting of Robert Krasker, and the > mood in toto incited a love affair with a B&W view of the world. I > also saw a lot of Ealing comedies at a young age so I have to also > credit Douglas Slocombe with giving me a talent for lighting. When I > got into photography I was excited to have the chance to create in > stills what these men had done in motion pictures. > > I guess this explains why I like Lluis' B&W shot better. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > UPAA POY 1978 > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information