Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/18

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Subject: [Leica] A portrait for critiquing
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:30:39 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com>wrote:

>Have posted a new album with two portraits from the same image (one
>color and the other black and white). Slightly different croppings.

>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/Portraits/

>Comments and critiques appreciated. Also curious about color or b & w
>preferences .
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I think the cropping is better in the B&W, but in that version the hand and 
the lower right need to be toned down so the eye has the prominence it 
deserves.  With the same crop, the color is better balanced tonally.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Relations
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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