Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, I agree with you - this is totally personal preference, maybe aided by a little elitism - because with the advent of digital, colour photographs are so easy to take, so what used to exceedingly rare and expensive when I started to photograph is now the norm. I predominantly see in colour, I think mainly because I live in a very colourful environment, B&W is a rarer pleasure. The main reason I started taking part in B&W print exchanges is to hone this skill. Most B&W shots of India are of poverty, where the dust and grime translate well into monochrome - when any other aspect of the country is to be shown, it is invariably in colour. George, I take your point about the graphic arts, but what we consider the pinnacle of the artist's talent is always in the colour medium - oils, watercolour or nowadays, increasingly acrylic. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > When personal preference is the topic, there is no right and wrong > My world is in color > sometimes i see it monochrome > > ric > > On Apr 15, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Bill Pearce wrote: > > > If I were to express myself freely, it would probably result in my being > banned from the internet. To put things simply, I am not pleased with the > far too common feeling that only B&W photos have value. Larry's writing > makes more sense than I could and is far more precise and less profane that > I would put things, but anyway, GO, LARRY! > > > > Bill Pearce > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >