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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Elderly man - re Teds advice
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:59:49 +0200
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I love these colours - reminiscent of the late 50 early sixties

Good on you

Philippe

Le 21 avr. 12 ? 20:22, Steve Barbour a ?crit :

> for the sake of discussion and Ted's thoughts, what if...?
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> the man in bw, the rest in color ...(or possibly the reverse)
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> usually not my cup of tea, it just may work here,
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> Steve
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> On Apr 21, 2012, at 11:19 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
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>> For this one, I prefer color.  I like what you've done with the  
>> colors -
>> the blues and golds really stand out and the fruit in the store  
>> looks great.
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>>         Tina
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>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com>  
>> wrote:
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>>> Ted
>>>
>>> Thanks for commenting, and you are/were absolutely right. I had  
>>> already
>>> done a b&w conversion and tussled as to which was better so I have  
>>> now
>>> uploaded both the LUG gallery. You can see the HDR at:
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/03-0342.jpg.html
>>>
>>> and the b&w is sitting right next to it. Maybe other opinions  
>>> could be
>>> given - which is the prefered option? For me they are both joint  
>>> first.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>
>>> On 21 Apr 2012, at 17:08, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gerry Walden SHOWED:
>>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Elderly man
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I shot this in Italy nearly nine years ago on the first digital  
>>>>> camera
>>> I ever used, a Fuji S2Pro. One of the great things I love about  
>>> digital is
>>> you can revist an image and produce a totally different vision of  
>>> the
>>> original and I have reworked the image using LR4 and a pseudo-HDR  
>>> plug-in:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> http://gerrywalden.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Italy-The-Italians/G00007In8gWq63I0/I00004S9_fbphFtg
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gerry,
>>>> Have you tried converting this to B&W?  It's the kind of street  
>>>> scene
>>> that might just have a stronger? Harsher look of a tired elderly man
>>> message in B&W? Maybe? But it' sort of has enough going for it for  
>>> a try.
>>>>
>>>> Even though I like the colour very much it seems a street scene  
>>>> for B&W?
>>> Maybe??????????
>>>>
>>>> And given these days and computer-Photoshop it's merely a "click  
>>>> away!"
>>> ;-) One of the reasons I like using Photoshop is for this reason.  
>>> Seeing a
>>> photo in both mediums!
>>>>
>>>> Besides, as you well know. A photograph with strength in both B&W &
>>> colour is the mark of a photograph that's sometimes a smashing  
>>> great photo!
>>> Of course one must look first. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> The one thing it illustrates is just how I have been feeling this  
>>>> past
>>> few weeks, always looking for a place to sit as my drive to get on  
>>> with
>>> things and life seems ebbing away to some kind of  
>>> worthlessness ! :-(
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> ted
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> ted
>>>>
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>> -- 
>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>> www.tinamanley.com
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In reply to: Message from gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] IMG: Elderly man)
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